cinque

Example Sentences

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The innuendoes of the Ugellino and the Nicchio are here repeated in figures which anticipate the novels and capitoli of the cinque cento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

For a gammon, play two men only, from the point last mentioned to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

One is the well-known dicing set, ace, deuce, tray, cater, cinque, size; thus size-ace is 6-1, cinques or sinks, double 5.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard

We find it in full energy, possessing the public theatres and claiming the attention of all classes, at the close of the cinque cento.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

This latter then proclaims it—'Prima-estratta, numero venti cinque.'

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.