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Carpintero

Carpintero \Car`pin*te"ro\ (k[aum]r`p[-e]n*t[asl]"r[-o]), n. A california woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larv[ae], which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

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carpintero

n. A California woodpecker (''Melanerpes formicivorus''), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

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Carpintero

Carpintero is a Spanish surname:

  • Santiago Carpintero Fernández
  • Wilson Carpintero
  • Los Carpinteros

Category:Spanish words and phrases Category:Spanish-language surnames

Usage examples of "carpintero".

I clicked off a roll of film, mostly of Carpintero, but I got the buildings and Haycock and the boxes and stuff too.

For all we know, the guy's last name is Carpintero or Martillo or Hammer, and they're just playing word games with aliases.

And I think that Carpintero, or whatever his name is, killed Leroy Purcell mostly because he needed to andconsidering what he did to himat least partly because he enjoyed it.

Purcell was connected with both the Cubans and this sick Carpintero bastard.

I guess we can't be sure, but when there's a guy around named El Carpintero and somebody gets nailed to a desk.

So, unless it was one hell of a coincidence, it looks like there was some coordination there between Carpintero and Rus Poultrez.

We focus on finding this Carpintero asshole and see how bad he is with his hammer stuck up his ass.

He pushed Willie's ridiculous, steroidal truck hard, anxious to confront Carpintero and squeeze the truth out of him.

Relieved to think about somethinganythingother than Carpintero, I said, "You know, Willie does have the same last name as Rudolph Enis Teeter.

Three steps and I dove as Señora Carpintero leveled the snub-nose at my chest and pulled the trigger.

Señora Carpintero didn't take his hand, but she did stand and walk toward the door.

After handing the glass to Señora Carpintero, I pulled over a folding director's chair from next to the dining table and sat down.

I should have had it figured out a second time back in Tate's Hell Swamp when Señora Carpintero had asked if Susan was a granjeroa farmer, and then said Susan was with "the fisherman.

Nothing, by the way, about him having any nicknames like Carpintero or hammer or anything like that.

Susanif the dark and dangerous Señora Carpintero could be believedwas with Rus Poultrez .