otto
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
noun
Example Sentences
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Wearing its covert innovations lightly, and still fashioned from a mere otto pezzi, the chair remains as rigorously insurgent as it is supremely comfortable.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021
“Now, let me see, what an the otto things I was supposed to tell you?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Melt the suet, wax, and spermaceti together, then add the coloric oil and otto.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
The closing of the market for Bulgarian otto of roses owing to the war has given an impetus to the industry in Cyprus.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William
A horrible smell like a hairdresser's shop, otto of roses and macassar, mingled with the stifling fumes, of glue.
From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by Verrall, A. W. (Arthur Woollgar)
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