cinque
Example Sentences
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His open hands had won for this remarkable tenor the nickname, Cinque e cinque fanno dieci!
From My Recollections by Massenet, Jules
Various insects, like everything else in the world, occur in cinque cento work; grasshoppers most frequently.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John
Many a passer-by stops to look at the pretty sight, and the vendor's tongue is never still, "A quatto, a cinque, a sei a sordo, 'e purtualle 'e Palermo."
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
This latter then proclaims it—'Prima-estratta, numero venti cinque.'
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
“Not always,” said Jenny; “not in Italy in the cinque cento, nor in England under Elizabeth.”
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
