reverso
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Punto is a direct hit, reverso a backward blow, and so on.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
And I would teach these nineteen the special rules, as your punto,* your reverso, your stoccata, your imbroccata, your passada, your montanto; till they could all play very near, or altogether, as well as myself.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Such is the character of the inhabitants of this place in general, ‘ma ogni medaglio ha il suo reverso.’
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
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