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Word: foglio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Deadest Dump." After nine days, the police let Lucky go. They were unable to pin anything on him, but last week they handed him a foglio di via obbligatorio-a document compelling him to report within four days to the police at Lercara Friddi, the humble Sicilian town where he began life, 52 years ago, as Salvatore Lucania, and which he once described as "the deadest dump in the world." The police hinted that Lucky might eventually be permitted on the mainland again, but that never again could he live in Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: City Boy | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

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