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jibaro

n. A style of country music from Puerto Rico

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Jíbaro

Jíbaro is a term commonly used in Puerto Rico, as well as other Latin American countries, to refer to mountain-dwelling peasants, but in modern times it has gained a broader and, specifically, a nobler, cultural meaning.

Usage examples of "jibaro".

Commissioner, this dead man resembles those who have been victims of the Jibaro head-hunters.

Shrunken skin, the tri-marked forehead, had pointed to the Jibaro headhunters.

The card had been painted with the juice of poisonous herbs known to the Jibaro head-hunters.

The Shadow held a specimen of the little-known Jibaro poison that Zenjora used for murder.

Commissioner Weston, head of the law forces that were supposed to combat such men as Zenjora, was inclined to regard the Jibaro poison as a myth.

But the Jibaro headhunter, armed with a poisonous weapon, was as dangerous as a venomous reptile.

On the instant, the Jibaro hurled the bamboo weapon at a downward angle.

Speeding a quick look toward Quinqual, The Shadow saw the Jibaro whip forth a stiletto.

With a terrific heave of his shoulders, he swung the Jibaro like a puppet figure, spun him through the air like a living cudgel.

As The Shadow bowled the Jibaro into the room, he regained his footing.

The Jibaro shot through the air with the speed of his own javelin, straight for a shaded window at the rear of the room.

The Jibaro head-hunters had methods of keeping under cover that were as effective in New York as in the South American jungle.

With uncanny skill, the Jibaro picked the exact spot where The Shadow had been against the wall.

Zenjora spoke in a strange tongue, giving a command to the Jibaro headhunters.

Lynn remembered that a Jibaro had given the car keys and licenses to Zenjora.