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bastos

bastos is the plural of basto.

Meaning of basto

Noun

basto (plural bastos)

  1. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards
    • Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! / Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board. / As many more Manillio forc'd to yield, / And march'd a victor from the verdant field. / Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard / Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card[…]1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto

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Proper noun capitalized: Bastos

Bastos

  1. (plural) plural of Basto

Questions about bastos

What is bastos the plural of?
Bastos is the plural of basto.
What part of speech is bastos?
Bastos is a proper noun.

Words near bastos in the dictionary

  1. bastonades
  2. bastonading
  3. Bastone
  4. Bastones
  5. bastons
  6. bastos
  7. bastourma
  8. Bastow
  9. Bastows
  10. Bastoy
  11. Bastrop

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