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noun

Rancho n. (pl. ranchos)

A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.

A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation. (Mexico & California)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... for the above-mentioned localities in the basin of Cuatro Cienegas are as follows: Anteojo (6 mi. W Cuatro Cienegas); El Mojarral (8.5 mi. SW); and Ojo de Agua de Tio Candido, on Rancho Orozco (16 km. S). The Rio Chiquito is referred to by some natives as "Rio Colorado" and by some as "Rio Salado." The local name for P. s. taylori is tortuga negra (the name is used also ...

— A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, Mexico • John M. Legler

... Perfectly! As plain as I see this julep before me. I had just left the Ramierez rancho. The senora,—a devilish pretty woman, sir,—after a little playful badinage, had offered to lend me her daughter's mustang if I could ride it home. You know what it is, Mr. Grey," he said gallantly. "I'm an older man than you, sir, but a challenge from a d——d fascinating ...

— From Sand Hill to Pine • Bret Harte

... a year ago, when the story was still so vague I could scarcely find words in which to sketch for you an outline of the novel I purposed writing, you said: "It will be a good story. I'm sold on it already!" To you the hacienda of a Rancho Palomar will always bring delightful recollections of the gracious hospitality of Senor Cave Coutts, sitting at the head of that table hewed in the forties. Little did Senor Coutts realize that he, the last of the dons in San Diego County, was to furnish copy for my novel; that his pride of ancestry, ...

— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne

... approval the bill (S. 1958) entitled "An act to submit to the Court of Private Land Claims, established by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, the title of William McGarrahan to the Rancho Panoche Grande, in the State of ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison

... Cliff turned to shout to Johnny who was driving big-eyed, his lips pursed with the tense purpose that held him to his work. "Turn back and land at the rancho. We'll never make Los Angeles with those damned buzzards after us. ...

— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower

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