Toreador

(And although the word toreador has been Englished, any Spaniard or Mexican who used it would be laughed out of the room. ❋ Michener, James (1992)

A character chastises another for littering; it turns into a mock bullfight; the "toreador" picks up the litter, and does a bit of Flamenco juggling with it. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

He counters, pointing out that the bull is compelled to fight, then is killed, and she says the "toreador" is clever, skillful, romantic, facing a wild bull and killing the animal with one thrust of the sword. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Come to Quito and I will show you the brave sport of men, the toreador and the bull. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The video popped up after a story on police chases (yes, insert your joke here …) and I wanted to turn the sound up for confirmation of his identity, but I was so transfixed by his leering smile and toreador pants I just sat at my desk gaping like a carp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

David snorted, a deep sound, like a bull facing the toreador. ❋ M.L.N. Hanover (2010)

As members of the youth wing of his National Front party feasted on barbecue and apple pie, they were thrilled to see the grand old man hold forth, still the "provocateur" taunting the establishment, the "toreador" who hides the sword in his cape and lets the press run at him like a bull. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When John Harned says, "There would be some sport if a toreador were killed once in a while," he speaks for all who are sickened by the routine animal torture and murder called a bullfight. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To speak, she knows, would break the spell of the toreador. ❋ Cristina García (2010)

  Finally, a young woman in toreador pants and black glasses spoke. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All hell breaks loose in the lobby when a stretch limousine disgorges another toreador. ❋ Cristina García (2010)

Monty twirled the sheet like a toreador and laid it neatly in one movement on the empty barber chair next to him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was wearing my black toreador pants, which are very flattering on me if I do say so myself, and I do. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The old gooses from the buses are bumping obscenely in toreador pants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ginny put on a blue-green satin suit with wide, sweeping pants and a toreador jacket. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

He's leery but goes along with working under the name of "Johnny Bravo" and wearing a spangly toreador-style suit. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Snob: You could use the top tube serape for making toreador like passes of bike salmon. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

Discussed are the then just-released Mickey's Polo Game beginning with Huemer's own scene 32 and the 9-months old Water Babies mentioning Huemer's own toreador and bullfight sequence, but examples are also found in Alpine Climbers which would not see daylight until five months later, as well as The Band Concert, On Ice and The Tortoise and the Hare, all released the previous year. ❋ Hans Perk (2009)

Malachi [James-Edward] Mescatelli III is a [Toreador] living in New York, New York. He is an actor on broadway, and is mystically distracted and drawn to theatre in all its forms. "That Toreador is an artsy-fartsy fuck. Fuck him." - Some Random [Brujah] ❋ Captain Danny (2006)

If you can't drive [vigi], just use your [toreador] (or [torri]) to follow whoever can. ❋ PinnacleNL (2023)

*[power] [shuts] off* [Freddy]: Plays the Toreador march ❋ GSA84 (2021)