cinque
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He developed a quite considerable acquaintance with the plays of William Shakespeare, and in his dreams he wore cinque cento or Elizabethan clothes, and walked about a stormy, ruffling, taverning, teeming world.
From The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His open hands had won for this remarkable tenor the nickname, Cinque e cinque fanno dieci!
From My Recollections by Jules Massenet
Cinque Ace.—Play the cinque from the five men in your adversary's outer table, and the ace from the ace point in his inner table.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
Here we are in the tenth century, and this group is cinque cento.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever
Now, Mansoul, in like manner, has her cinque ports.
From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte
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