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Meanings of
mescal
in English
Portuguese
peiote
Catalan
peiot
Spanish
mezcal
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A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
peyote
mezcal
Lophophora williamsii
Portuguese
peiote
Usage of
mescal
in English
1
She says it was the
mescal
that made her husband do it.
2
No drink is more Mexican than pulque, not even tequila or
mescal
.
3
The pit being ready and the
mescal
gathered, the work of cooking commences.
4
But one drinks much
mescal
,
and the other has a taste for quarrel.
5
Here he fetched out and handed us a bottle of
mescal
.
6
One day he and I-Santiago ,Bernal'sfather-had been drinking
mescal
.
7
The Spanish troops brought bottles of
mescal
,
aguardiente, and wine.
8
It may have been
mescal
talk, but witnesses sometimes have a way of disappearin'.
9
Only a drink of
mescal
every now and then, when Pope used to bring it.
10
Next in importance to the
mescal
comes the yucca.
11
The executioner is given
mescal
that he may be in proper spirit to strike hard.
12
He opened it, and one
mescal
button rolled out into the palm of his hand.
13
That is why it rains when we gather
mescal
.
14
Their only amusement is to drink
mescal
and pulque.
15
After Coyote ran away, they were changed into
mescal
-thevery largest
mescal
ever known.
16
I cannot work, and their father drinks
mescal
-
always
mescal
.
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mescal
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
call mescal
drink mescal
mescal plant
always mescal
be mescal
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Translations for
mescal
Portuguese
peiote
mescal
Catalan
peiot
mescal
Spanish
mezcal
lophophora williamsii
Mescal
through the time
Mescal
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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