canasta

Example Sentences

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“She doesn’t know us,” said Digna Orozco, who sells pambazos and tacos de canasta on a dirt patch near semi-trailer truck lots in Fontana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

It was top of mind for several people who milled around a community center recently as a canasta game ended in Plantation, Fla.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

“Coates had those steely blue eyes, and after the canasta comeback, he threw the cards out the window. He was kind of an out-of-control guy.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022

The “bible”, a kind of taco encyclopedia which he plans to publish, was the foundation for the show’s six episodes on barbacoa, carnitas, carne asada, tacos de canasta, guisados, and al pastor.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

My least favorite day...but today has been tolerable because Tía Mari invited Mami’s old canasta friends for a Sunday barbecue.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez