Pedro Sancho

Sancho Pedro

[pee-droh san-choh, pey-droh sahn-choh]

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noun

Cards.��a form of the game pedro in which both the five and the nine of trumps count for their face value, and the ten of trumps wins the game.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pedro Sancho¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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Finally, a small portion of Pedro Sancho's narrative was issued by the Hakluyt Society of London.

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Errors Pedro Sancho has in plenty; but the editor has striven to counteract them by footnotes.

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A word as to the previous editions of Pedro Sancho may not be out of place here.

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In every instance the translator has preserved Pedro Sancho's spelling of proper names, calling attention to the modern equivalent on the first occurrence of each name.

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The work of Pedro Sancho is one of the most valuable accounts of the Spanish conquest of Peru that we possess.

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Pedro Juan Caballero Peds

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