berretta

/ (bɪˈrɛtə) /

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noun

a variant spelling of biretta

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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.

to cause to be empty or unoccupied.

to assent tacitly; agree; consent.

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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
The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
Rome|Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
The men wear a flat Scotch cap of some bright colour, and call it ‘berretta.’
Prose Idylls|Charles Kingsley
Why did you refuse the berretta, and almost at the last moment?
Tables of the Law; & The Adoration of the Magi|William Butler Yeats

He put on his berretta and left the room, the other men following him.
A Lost Cause|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

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