Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The balls forming the cognizance of the family of the Medici, six of them (five red and one white with a bearing upon it) being charged upon the shield, which frequently occurs in Florentine and other Italian works of art. The balls have reference to a game similar to tennis.
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Examples
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He was carried to his bed as the citizens of Florence cheered him, chanting “IlMagnifico” and “Palle, palle, palle” through the streets.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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The people chanted “Palle, palle, palle” in reference to the raised circles, or balls, that graced the Medici crest.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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For instance, I recently had my Campy Shamal Ultras laser engraved with "tutto lei haters può succhiare le mie palle."
Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Interessantissimo il moto delle “palle” bianche che converge verso il signor Sebastian, vessandolo come non mai.
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In effetti è divertente quanto un calcio nelle palle.
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Ee vurumanadira ee vada manadira palle manadira prati paniki manamra sutti manadi!
Archive 2007-05-01 kesav 2007
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Ee vurumanadira ee vada manadira palle manadira prati paniki manamra sutti manadi!
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2007
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Siis võib mängida nii, et võidab see, kes nendega rohkem palle sisse lööb.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2004
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There were frantic cries of "_Abbasso le palle_," "Down with the balls," in allusion to the three balls on the
Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead
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Palleschi (from the palle or little balls in the Medici coat of arms), the oligarchic republicans, called the Arrabiati (enraged), and the democrats or Piagnoni (weepers).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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