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Botocudos

Botocudos \Bo`to*cu"dos\, n. pl. [Pg. botoque stopple. So called because they wear a wooden plug in the pierced lower lip.] A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; -- also called Aymbor['e]s.

Usage examples of "botocudos".

He even went so far as to say to her, "Do you want to make Caribs or Botocudos of them?

Fearing the possible consequences of such compression to the intellectual organs, he even went so far as to say to her, "Do you want to make Caribs or Botocudos of them?