squilla
Americannoun
plural
squillas, squillaenoun
Etymology
Origin of squilla
From Latin, dating back to 1650–60; see origin at squill
Example Sentences
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Line 12: my tocsin, mia squilla, is a pun on Campanella's name.
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
Line 12: la squilla mia is a pun on Campanella's name.
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
"Piange la squilla 'l giorno, che si muore."
From Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851 by Various
Among these were some individuals of the squilla tribe, which, though one of the tenderest of the crustaceous family, had not suffered the least injury from pressure or friction.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael
Against stinking vermin called Punesies.—If you rub your bedsteede with squilla stamped with vinaigre, or with the leaves of cedar tree sodden in oil, you shall never feel punese.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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