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    "buckaroo", which are in turn corruptions of the Spanish "la reata", "chaparreras", and "vaquero". The exact term also refers to the bucking horses used...
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    protective leather trousers worn by cowboys, got their name from the Spanish "chaparreras", and the lariat, or rope, was derived from "la reata". All the distinct...
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    Wyoming, spelled "schaps". The word chaps is a clip of chaparajos or chaparreras, which are Mexican Spanish words for this garment, ultimately derived...
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  • evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, "small, short" chaps from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, leg protectors for riding through chaparral chayote from Spanish, literally:...
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  • opening of the West. Among these are, other than toponyms, chaps (from chaparreras), plaza, lasso, bronco, buckaroo, rodeo; examples of "English" additions...
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