zecchini
- plural of zecchino.
Example Sentences
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Schnuri, the king's jester, asked him jeeringly whether all his zecchini were tested on the stone by which the bit of Prince Abdallah's dun horse was proved.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
It is true you saw my zecchini in the flame-pictures of the clouds; but just for that reason, what are you chattering of an angel, a bride, a virgin widow, roses, myrtles?
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
A hundred on his soles, and a hundred zecchini from his purse!
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
There was nothing very remarkable about his dress, and, with a little purse containing a few zecchini in his pocket, he slipped in at the gate just as night was falling.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
I should never have rescued the Doge; I should never have got the zecchini.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
