berretta

/ (bɪˈrɛtə) /

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noun

a variant spelling of biretta

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How to use berretta in a sentence

The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
Rome|Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
He put on his berretta and left the room, the other men following him.
A Lost Cause|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Why did you refuse the berretta, and almost at the last moment?
Tables of the Law; & The Adoration of the Magi|William Butler Yeats
Berretta in mano non fece mai danno—Cap in hand never harmed any one.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

In his left hand he holds a book; and above his pale, serenely noble face is a little black berretta.
New Italian sketches|John Addington Symonds

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