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Ordóñez

[ awr-thaw-nyeth, -nyes ]

noun

  1. An·to·nio [ahn-, taw, -nyaw], 1932–1998, Spanish bullfighter.


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Ordonez stamped his foot in the sand, and cried out, and waved the scarlet cloth.

Then stepped forward Ordonez, the chief matador, with the long sword and the scarlet cape.

Five times Ordonez essayed the thrust, and each time the sword went but part way in or struck bone.

When Ordonez moved the cloth on the ground, the bull forgot the sword and lowered his head to smell the cloth.

Ordonez stepped in front of the bull and lowered his scarlet cloth to the ground.

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