Pronounced: FAHS-feen, noun
Notes: A word for something most of us know; I didn’t know there was a word for it.
Yesterday’s word
The word vaquero means “a livestock handler; cowboy”
First usage
The word came back into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Today’s word is from the Spanish word vaquero (cowboy), which is in turn based on vaca (cow).
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