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  • The original men of honor were a rough-peasant version of the knights of chivalry; the present-day Sicilian cosca, or family an~t, took its name from a corruption of the dialect term for artichoke: a composition of sep~te leaves forming a solid unit.

    Greenmantle De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1985

  • Montesinos supposes the name of Cuzco was derived from _cosca_, a

    Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology 1846

  • The Italian press has also adopted the English gang and clan as variants of cosca.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1 1986

  • Had Valachi said cosca instead of cosa, he would, curiously, have been using classic mafia coinage.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1 1986

  • What in U.S. terminology is known as a mafia "family" is called a cosca in Italy, cosca being the ` tightly bound leaves of an artichoke. '

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1 1986

  • Internecine mafia warfare is called a war of the cosche (plural of cosca), while an alliance of cosche is known as a consorteria.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1 1986

  • 28/04/2010 08: 09 'Ndrangheta: 40 arresti in Calabria e Lombardia contro la cosca Pesce di Rosarno

    ITnews 2010

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