signor
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Jobs with Justice, is a signor of the IRS complaint.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2015
Strange to think that those two movie brats – mister shark attack and signor blood-and-pasta – have now turned into Hollywood's leading purveyors of quality historical drama.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2013
All 109 of them. peaboss, tobe82, notmuch, edinamikie, LarsHEriksen, donandgeorge, stevenjwillis, signor, Vesuvial, adamgilbey, asbb.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2011
Far from advancing toward their old familiarity the signor began to round up his innocent flock and insinuate it mildly from Herrick's polluted neighborhood.
From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia
“No, signor captain; on the contrary, a man who pretends to have been their prisoner, and who says he has just escaped from them.”
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
Giuseppe Prezzolini noted, “The fact that they had to lead such difficult lives, made of the signori keen observers of men.”
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011
The little goat-herd eyes us solemnly, but—strange and welcome to relate—shows no inclination to pester the signori.
From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)
"I should like to know, signori," said the Fairy, turning to the three doctors gathered about Pinocchio's bed, "I should like to know if this poor Marionette is dead or alive."
From Adventures of Pinocchio by Della Chiesa, Carol
They rose up with "Buon giorno, signori," as we entered, and could hardly be persuaded to lapse back to the duties of life during our stay.
From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean
He embraced the orator, embraced the signori one after another; greetings flashed about, tears, laughter, clappings on the back.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The Polish actors made very attractive Italian signors.
From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen
My Lord," answered Rienzi, gravely, "it is the misfortune of signors of your rank never to know the people, or the accurate signs of the time.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Who are the Priori in these months, eating soberly—regulated official dinners in the Palazzo Vecchio, with removes of tripe and boiled partridges, seasoned by practical jokes against the ill-fated butt among those potent signors?
From Romola by Eliot, George
You see the whole city full of complaint and indignation against us; the citizens are closely united, and the signors are constantly with the magistrates.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò
The signoras, and signorinas, fell upon them and gormandized; but the signors eyed them with reasonable suspicion.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
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