Lexicographical Neighbors of Camorrista
Literary usage of Camorrista
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meliora (1866)
"The camorrista always obeyed, and the terror of hundreds of thousands of his
fellow-men was so thoroughly cowed, that he would walk unresistingly to gaol ..."
2. The Criminal by Havelock Ellis (1892)
"RS, a thief, camorrista, convicted of wounding, etc ; father, convicted of
wounding; paternal uncle, a thief; mother, a drunkard, convicted for fraud and ..."
3. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"He generally belonged to a camorrista, who assigned to him all the hardest tasks,
occasionally giving him a handful of coppers. He was always chosen when ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... as a pupil under an old camorrista ; and having completed this probation, and
given proof of his courage and obedience in circumstances involving danger ..."
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