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As one Palermitan admitted with a wince, a shower or bath has become rare, generally reserved for those too young or too infirm to jump into the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who we are, I do not know: his highness the Palermitan carpenter lout, no doubt.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The Palermitan withdrew into a corner of the room with the Frenchman, and a few minutes' whispered conversation took place between them.

From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

The Palermitan mother says aloud, when she lifts her child out of the cradle, "'Nnome di Dio!"

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Giornowick was a Palermitan, born in 1745, and his career was thoroughly artistic and full of romantic vicissitudes.

From Great Violinists And Pianists by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)