What is "concho"

Usage examples of "concho".

The hat he had worn earlier in the day, when he approached Amber McCandless lay beside him, the silver conchos gleaming as they reflected the dull light.

The only thing he could tell at this distance was that the man was tall and wore a hat with silver conchos around the crown that reflected the pale moonlight.

It was tied to the picket line, the hand-tooled black leather saddle and matching bridle adorned with silver conchos still on the small-built horse in case Cathleen changed her mind.

He was wearing silver conchos on a black vest, a wide brimmed hat, and a pearl-handled revolver.

A silver concho belt cinched the waist of an emerald dress that matched and deepened the green of her eyes and turned her hair a more shining black.

She had climbed the bluffs which hemmed the coulee on either side, had selected her own private saddle horse, a little sorrel named Concho, and had made friends with Patsy, the cook.

She was standing on the porch drawing on her gauntlets when Chip returned, leading Concho by the bridle.

With that she turned astonished Concho short around in the trail--and as Chip gave Blazes a vicious jab with his spurs at the same instant, the distance between them widened rapidly.

The Little Doctor had disappeared into a hollow with Concho pacing slowly, half asleep, the reins drooping low on his neck.

The Little Doctor loved to dream along the road, and Concho had learned to do likewise--and to enjoy it very much.

Denver, marking Concho for his prey and not to be easily cheated, turned and followed.

Half an hour later, Chip, leading Concho by the bridle rein, rode over the brow of a hill and came suddenly upon the Little Doctor, sitting disconsolately upon a rock.

I ate it coming back down the coulee-- and I sure had my hands full, leading Concho, too.

Still without looking at him, she tied her shoelaces with an impatient twitch that came near breaking them, and walked haughtily to where Concho stood dutifully waiting.

Her clasp on Concho loosened and she threw back her head, startled--to be still more startled at the touch of lips that were curved and thin and masterful.