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
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
Such passages as these— O Publi, O gurges Galloni, es homo miser, inquit, Cenasti in vita numquam bene, quom omnia in ista Consumis squilla atque acipensere quum decumano.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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
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