padroni
- plural of padrone.
Example Sentences
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"You have a beautiful pair of padroni, you and your brother," observed Nennè, making a hideous face over the boat's side.
From The Children of the King by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
A determined warfare was declared against the Italian padroni, who thrive upon the toil of the little unfortunates to whom they pretend to teach music, and whom they utilize as peddlers and chimney-sweepers.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 by Various
Then the padroni will have eaten and the rocks will be covered with crabs, and the moon will not be yet risen.
From The Children of the King by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
"Can you tell me whether the padroni will go out to-day in the boat?"
From The Children of the King by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Since the alien contract-labor law does not apply to immigrants from Hawaii, a padroni system has sprung up for importing Japanese from that island.
From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)
