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poncho

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13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒn.tʃəʊ/ (UK)
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/ˈpɒn.tʃəʊ/ (UK) · /ˈpɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/ (US)

Definition of poncho

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
    “Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho, red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat […]”
    “It was a gringo in a poncho. It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.”
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noun

  1. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
    “Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho, red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat […]”
    “It was a gringo in a poncho. It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.”
  2. A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
    “[…] spreading over my bedding an indian-rubber poncho to exclude the rain.”
    “I […] took my seat between Juan and Ambrosio, protected from the rain by an India-rubber poncho.”
    “1857, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, p. 48 (1857), p. 48 (1858):”
    “I found it necessary while doing guard to cover myself with my India-rubber poncho, to prevent my clothes from becoming saturated with water.”
    “The following list of articles is deemed a sufficient outfit for one man upon a three months’ expedition, viz.: […] 1 gutta percha poncho”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).

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