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bota

[ boh-tuh; Spanish boh-tah ]

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noun

plural botas

Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
a wine barrel of Spain holding 500 liters (132 U.S. gallons).

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bota¹

First recorded in 1725–30; from Spanish, from Late Latin butta, buttis “cask, barrel”; butt ⁴

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“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”

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Calibre 50’s “Corrido de Juanito” plays on the TV, a sorrowful song rich with accordion about not being able to return to Mexico but still wearing a tejana and botas in the U.S.

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But can Hollywood finally give us the botas?

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“The art is Little Mr. E with a cowboy hat, some botas and he’s a paletero man, walking his cart,” the creator says.

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He blew it up, his cheeks puffing ahead of the wine-skin, and stood on the bota holding on to a chair.

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