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Rated: E · Book · Educational · #2105953
One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
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#905680 added February 28, 2017 at 3:39pm
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"Buckaroo"
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"Buckaroo"
- etymology -

​​The word "buckaroo" (an alternative for "cowboy") is an American-English corruption of the Spanish word "vaquero", which itself derives from the Spanish word for "cow" ("vaca").


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