Piero di Cosimo

[ pee-air-oh di -koh-zuh-moh; Italian pye-raw dee -kaw-zee-maw ]

/ piˈɛər oʊ dɪ ˈkoʊ zəˌmoʊ; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ /

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noun

Piero di Lorenzo, 1462–1521, Italian painter.

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How to use Piero di Cosimo in a sentence

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The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.
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When it came to casting Escobar, Di Stefano had to find a strong actor who could embody the brutality of the late kingpin.
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But la-di-da people also buy that water in Fiji and have it shipped thousands of miles, so maybe they would have been fine.
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Francesco Bussone di Carmagnola, count de Castlenuovo, executed.
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Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.
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Why therefore did the elder Amati, contemporary and probably pupil of Gaspar di Salo, change the model and size of the instrument?
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And all the fal-lals and di-does they larn em in high school now doesnt amount to a row of pins in practical life.
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British Dictionary definitions for Piero di Cosimo

Piero di Cosimo

/ (Italian ˈpjɛːro di ˈkɔːzimo) /

noun

1462–1521, Italian painter, noted for his mythological works

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