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PONCHO (a South American Spanish word...

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 60 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONCHO (a
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South
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American
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Spanish word, adopted from the Araucanian poncho or pontho in the 17th
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century)  , a
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form of cloak worn originally by the
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South
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American
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Indians, and afterwards adopted by the Spaniards living in South
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America . It is merely a
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long
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strip of
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cloth, doubled, with a hole for the
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head .

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