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Date: 1700-1800
Language: American Spanish
Origin: Araucanian pontho 'woolen cloth'

poncho

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
pon‧cho plural ponchos [countable]
DCC a type of coat consisting of one large piece of cloth, with a hole in the middle for your head
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