berretta
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various
“And get the wool from England as we used to do, I should hope,” said an elderly man, in an old-fashioned berretta, who had been silent till now.
From Romola by George Eliot
I imagine that the woman's berretta, frequently of velvet embroidered with pearls, and apparently almost as prevalent as our bonnet, must have been that close-fitting cap, square at the ears, of which we spoke yesterday.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out.
From Romola by George Eliot
He bore his highly respectable name upon the frontal band of his "berretta" alias "corôa," an open-worked affair, very like the old-fashioned jelly-bag night cap.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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