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  • Acquaintances of this sort, when not on the _Ciò ciappa_ footing, or that of the familiar thee and thou, always address each other in _Lei_ (lordship), or

    Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878

  • _ To talk in _Ciò ciappa_ is to assume insolent familiarity or unbounded good fellowship with the person addressed.

    Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878

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