PONCHO Definition & Meaning

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poncho

[ pon-choh ]

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noun

plural ponchos.

a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.

poncho

/ ˈ��ɒ�Գ�ʃəʊ /

noun

a cloak of a kind originally worn in South America, made of a rectangular or circular piece of cloth, esp wool, with a hole in the middle to put the head through

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of poncho¹

First recorded in 1710–20; from Latin American Spanish: further origin uncertain; perhaps from Araucanian pontho “woolen fabric”; perhaps from Old Spanish poncho “a mantle or cloak”; perhaps a back formation from ��ǲԳ��ó�� “lazy, sluggish”; perhaps an alteration of unrecorded ��ǳ��ó��, an augmentative of pocho “pale, faded,” and probably akin to �貹��ó�� “phlegmatic, sluggish”

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of poncho¹

C18: from American Spanish, from Araucanian pantho woollen material

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Also at the fanzone, Kelly Wood, 39, from North Shields, was wearing a plastic poncho and said she had been swilled with beer when the goals went in.

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The latest entry, No. 1,038, examines Korean substitutes for ”poncho.”

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Her 'Queen Elizabeth walking around Balmoral' outfit, which saw her wear a gold poncho and grey knitted skirt with fluffy ducks attached to it, was one of her most memorable.

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People lined the streets waving Dodgers flags bought from vendors, matching the Dodgers gear they all wore: shirts and ponchos.

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A pensioner, who flew in from Norway that morning, is doing the same in a blue pound-shop poncho.

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