madrina

Aug. 31st, 2009 07:33 am
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madrina - n., an animal (usually an old mare) wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.


To quote the 1913 Webster's, anyway, which claims South American usage. From Spanish, literally godmother. I presume pronounced as Spanish: ma-DREE-na.

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