Hola Nelito
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Originally Posted by celtan
... In fact, my grandad in Galicia used to call me that, on account of my being tall and thin. ...
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He he he ...So we start getting acquainted with your format
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Originally Posted by celtan
... OTOH, it might be that the involvement in North Africa of both Spain and Portugal brought that word home from it being used there ...
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The term comes from the old french
espringarde, a stone throwing ballista, via the italian
spingarda.
Fernando