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A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; - so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

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baboon

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1. One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog- faced ape. Baboons have dog- like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

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Born and bred in the midst of alarms, however, they were soon composed enough to resume their descent on the white man's stores- to the great relief of the petrified Junkie, of whom in their alarm they took no notice, regarding him, possibly, as a badly executed statue of a baboon. - "The Settler and the Savage", R.M. Ballantyne.
Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger were with her. - "Rootabaga Stories", Carl Sandburg.
And that odious baboon with the red bristles does the same thing,- only he goes to her because he doesn't dare to go to you. - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.

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