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A matador's sword.

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  • Meanwhile, another estoque is brought out to him as the bent and fallen sword is whisked away.
  • His assistants reluctantly handed him the muleta and estoque.
  • With the serge cloth of the red mulete draped over a long slender sword (estoque) he begins what is called the faena, the last act of the bullfight.
  • Finally, the trumpet sounds once more, and it is the time of the third and final tercio, the suerte suprema, the time of the faena and the estoque, the avisos.
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