cinque
Example Sentences
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I have been calculating"—Mr. Buzzacott turned his pale green eyes towards his guest—"that I may be able to afford that pretty little cinque cassone, after all.
From Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley
If, my Lord Warden? nay, then I charge you, That all the cinque Ports, whereof you are chief, Be laid forthwith, that he escape us not.
From Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
Lead the highest of a sequence; but if you have a quarte or cinque to a king, lead the lowest.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
Black, red, or blue, the colors view, Une, deux, cinque, 'tis beginning, Then make your game, The color name, While round the ball is spinning.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
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 Arthur H. Norway
