Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Italy, one who lends for hire a vettura or carriage, or who drives such a vehicle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who lets or drives a vettura.
- noun A vettura.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who lets or drives a
vettura . - noun A
vettura .
Etymologies
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Examples
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All my efforts were in vain, so I called the vetturino to tell him that I wanted to start directly after dinner.
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All my efforts were in vain, so I called the vetturino to tell him that I wanted to start directly after dinner.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 27: Expelled from Spain Giacomo Casanova 1761
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All my efforts were in vain, so I called the vetturino to tell him that I wanted to start directly after dinner.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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I ordered breakfast, and told a 'vetturino' to get a very handsome chaise ready while we had our meal, but the curate said that he must first of all go and say his mass.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Should she persist in her first resolution, I could easily find a 'vetturino' here, and you could keep your carriage.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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I ordered breakfast, and told a 'vetturino' to get a very handsome chaise ready while we had our meal, but the curate said that he must first of all go and say his mass.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 04: Return to Venice Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Then turning towards the 'vetturino', I ordered him to bring up the captain's luggage, saying that he would be paid at once.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 05: Milan and Mantua Giacomo Casanova 1761
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He answered that he was the 'vetturino' whom the captain had engaged.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Should she persist in her first resolution, I could easily find a 'vetturino' here, and you could keep your carriage.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 05: Milan and Mantua Giacomo Casanova 1761
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He answered that he was the 'vetturino' whom the captain had engaged.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 05: Milan and Mantua Giacomo Casanova 1761
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