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poncho

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pon·cho  (pnch)
n. pl. pon·chos
1. A blanketlike cloak having a hole in the center for the head.
2. A similar garment having a hood used as a raincoat.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, cape, perhaps variant of pocho, faded, discolored.]

poncho
Noun
pl -chos a type of cloak made of a piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head [American Spanish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ponchoponcho - a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
cloak - a loose outer garment
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poncho
n poncho [ˈpontʃəu]
a garment made of, or like, a blanket, with a hole for the head. poncho مِعْطَف واقٍ من المَطَر пончо pončo poncho der Poncho κάπα poncho pontðo پانچو poncho poncho פּוֹנצ'וֹ एक प्रकार की घडी़ pončo,pelerina s otvorom za glavu poncsó ponco ponsjó, axla-/herðaskjól poncho, poncio ポンチョ 판초(담요 한 가운데에 낸 구멍으로 머리를 내놓고 입는 남미 현주민들의 외투) pončas pončo ponco poncho poncho poncho poncho poncho пончо pončo pončo pončo poncho ผ้าคลุมที่มีรูตรงกลางสำหรับสวมที่ศีรษะ panço 飾披巾(南美人所穿的形似氈子中間開有領口),南美人穿的一種斗篷(中央開縫以伸出頭部的一塊長布) пончо چوغہ áo pon-sô 巾(穿

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exclaimed Ned, shaking his poncho and getting rid of some of the water that had settled on it.
For the whale is indeed wrapt up in his blubber as in a real blanket or counterpane; or, still better, an Indian poncho slipt over his head, and skirting his extremity.
In the course of his lounging about the camp, however, he got possession of a deer skin; whereupon, cutting a slit in the middle, he thrust his head through it, so that the two ends hung down before and behind, something like a South American poncho, or the tabard of a herald.
 
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