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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 60 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONCHO (a See also:South See also:American See also:Spanish word, adopted from the Araucanian poncho or pontho in the 17th See also:century) , a See also:form of cloak worn originally by the South American See also:Indians, and afterwards adopted by the Spaniards living in South See also:America. It is merely a See also:long See also:strip of See also:cloth, doubled, with a hole for the See also:head.

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