[Sp.; f. contrabanda: see prec.] = prec.

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1832.  W. Irving, Alhambra, II. 195. ‘It is a deserter,’ said one; ‘A contrabandista,’ said another.

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1880.  Mulhall, Progr. World, 424. A large vagrant population of idlers, gypsies, and contrabandistas.

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  attrib.  1832.  W. Irving, Alhambra, I. 19. We travelled in true contrabandista style.

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