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beccafico
‖ beccafico (bɛkkaˈfiko) Forms: 7–9 beccafigo, 7 becchafigge, 8–9 beccafica, 8 beccifigo, 9 becafico, -ca, beccafigue, 7– beccafico. [It.; lit. ‘fig-pecker,’ f. beccare to peck + fico fig.] A name given in Italy to small migratory birds of the genus Sylvia, much esteemed as dainties in the autumn, w...
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La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside
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Anna Maria Rizzoli: Angela Pastorelli
Lino Banfi: Principal Rodolfo Calabrone
Loredana Martinez: Lisetta
Alvaro Vitali: Professor Beccafico
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Garden warbler
This predilection gives rise to the Italian beccafico (fig pecker) and Portuguese felosa-das-figueiras (fig-tree warbler) as names for this species. An Italian stuffed sardine dish sarde a beccafico derives its name from its supposed resemblance to the cooked birds, known in that country as beccafico
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bisk
▪ I. bisk, n. (bɪsk) Forms: 7 biske, 8–9 bisque, bisk. [a. F. bisque crayfish soup.] a. A rich soup made by boiling down birds, etc. b. spec. Crayfish soup.1647 R. Stapylton Juvenal 267 Beccafico..one of the greatest rarities they [the Italians] can put into a bisk or ollio. 1715 Pancirollus' Rerum ...
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Beccafico
La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà (also known as La liceale al mare con tutta la classe, 1980) ....
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fig
▪ I. fig, n.1 (fɪg) Forms: 3–5 fige, 4–6 fyg(g(e, (4 fijg), 5–8 figg(e, 6–9 Sc. and 9 dial. feg, 9 dial. vig, 5– fig. [a. OF. fige, figue, ad. Prov. figa, figua = Sp. higa (obs. rare), It. fica (rare):—popular Lat. *fīca fig, f. L. fīcus (u-stem) fig-tree, fig. The L. fīcus was taken into OE. as f{i...
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Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)
Gaily decorated kiosks sell traditional street food such as arancini (rice balls) and beccafico sardines (with breadcrumbs, pine nuts and raisins).
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malvasia
‖ malvasia (malvaˈsia) Also malvoisia. [It.: see malmsey. Cf. Sp., Pg. malvasia, F. malvoisie: see malvoisie.] = malmsey. Also attrib., as malvasia sack, and in Pg. phr. malvasia de Madeira (cf. malmsey madeira, s.v. malmsey).1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 262/1 The wine exported is Madeira wine and Malvasia...
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snap-
snap- The stem of snap v. in combination. 1. a. With ns. (also forming derivatives), as snap action used attrib., as snap action gun (see quot. 1884); also to designate switches and relays that make and break contact rapidly, independently of the speed of the actuating mechanism; so snap-actioned pp...
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Frédéric Jacques Temple
Reissued in 1998 by Jean Le Mauve, Aizy-Jouy, L’Arbre.
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Beccafico, narrative by Lawrence Durrel. Montpellier, La Licorne.
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