Capistrano
name, slang ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
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- 1 The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows. informal
"a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138, I felt the sick certainty that the thing had antennae, a sense unknown to human beings—a guidance system like the sonar of a bat, the instinct of a Capistrano swallow, the built-in controls of an SAM missile."
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More examples"a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138, I felt the sick certainty that the thing had antennae, a sense unknown to human beings—a guidance system like the sonar of a bat, the instinct of a Capistrano swallow, the built-in controls of an SAM missile."
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