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

“Not always,” said Jenny; “not in Italy in the cinque cento, nor in England under Elizabeth.”

From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Now there is neither gambling nor hanging; but all day long loafers sit on the steps of the columns and discuss pronto and subito and cinque and all the other topics of Venetian conversation.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)