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Examples
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His wife used to say, How much is it gonna cost me to listen to this cafone play his fiddle?
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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His wife used to say, How much is it gonna cost me to listen to this cafone play his fiddle?
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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His wife used to say, How much is it gonna cost me to listen to this cafone play his fiddle?
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The undesirable element in Italian emigration is not furnished by the illiterate cafone, who has given — and continues to give — actual value to lands in the United States, but rather, by ungodly educated emigrants who use their unfortunate fellow-countrymen, as well as the native of his class, for their own ends.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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More often than not you'll get out of more tickets complimenting the cafone on his shiny boots than you will by arguing your case for speeding.
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And as hard as it may be to exercise self-control, it's often the only way to deal with a cafone holding the throne.
travismcdermott commented on the word cafone
1872 Old & New Aug. 232/2 When we lose ourselves in the abandoned plains or uncared-for forests of the Capitanate, and hear suddenly the shot of the Cafone or of the Mafioso,emwe begin to realize perhaps that a great danger will arise for us.
August 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word cafone
I remember a note placed by my neighbour on a car that had parked across his driveway:
"Ma lei e' un gran' cafone ..."
August 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word cafone
*snort*
August 19, 2008
elisheba commented on the word cafone
alas, cafonaggine is very common in italy, as well as menefreghismo... :-(
September 10, 2008