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Definition of Punchinellos
1. punchinello [n] - See also: punchinello
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punchinellos
Literary usage of Punchinellos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Guard of Napoleon: From Marengo to Waterloo by Joel Tyler Headley (1852)
"That's true, my Emperor, but the pieces at the theatre do not equal those
punchinellos of the boulevards of the Temple—that's something amusing. ..."
2. The Imperial Guard of Napoleon: From Marengo to Waterloo by Joel Tyler Headley (1888)
"That's true, my Emperor, but the pieces at the theatre do not equal those
punchinellos of the boulevards of the Temple—that's something amusing. ..."
3. Goethe's Travels in Italy: together with his Second residence in Rome and by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander James William Morrison, Charles Nisbet (1885)
"KING OF THE punchinellos. A new procession often increases the throng. A dozen.
punchinellos choose a king, crown him, put a sceptre in his hand, ..."
4. Little Journey to England and Wales: For Intermediate and Upper Grades by Marian M. George (1901)
"The story is a pathetic recital of how Pappina was sold by her father to the
cruel owner of the punchinellos, Giuseppe by name. Her many trials and their ..."
5. The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in All Parts of the World by Charles MacFarlane (1833)
"Don Giro and several of his more desperate adherents, came to the house, disguised
as punchinellos. At that season of madness, every house, ..."
6. The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in All Parts of the World by Charles MacFarlane (1833)
"Don Giro and several of his more desperate adherents came to the house disguised
as punchinellos. At that season Of madness every house, ..."
7. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"Little seven-year-old Pappina wanders with the punchinellos along the beautiful
Italian coast, sings and dances and lias many adventures, sad and happy. ..."
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