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<strong>and</strong>erilla 36<br />

b<strong>and</strong>erilla [Sp], a small dart, carrying a streamer, used in bullfights to<br />

infuriate the bull.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>erillero [Sp], a placer of b<strong>and</strong>erillas in a bullfight.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>ido [Sp], b<strong>and</strong>it.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>obast or bundobust [Anglo-Ind, fr. Pers b<strong>and</strong>-o-bast], lit., tying <strong>and</strong><br />

binding; an arrangement; settlement; bargain.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>olerismo [PI Sp], highway robbery: P.I.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>olero [Sp], highwayman; robber.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>uk or b<strong>and</strong>uq [Hind], musket; gun: India.<br />

b<strong>and</strong>urria [Sp], stringed instrument resembling a guitar; b<strong>and</strong>ore.<br />

Bänkelsänger [Ger], itinerant ballad singer.<br />

banlieue [Fr], suburbs; outskirts.<br />

banquette [Fr], a long, upholstered seat; raised footway; sidewalk:<br />

southern U.S. (local).<br />

banya, pop. bunnia [Hind], Hindu grain merchant; shopkeeper; money<br />

changer: India.<br />

banzai [Jap], lit., ten thous<strong>and</strong> years; a cheer; a war cry.<br />

bar [Fr], bass (fish).<br />

bara [Hind;/

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