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Word: signorina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lived in Cremona, across the Po River from his café. Plunging wholeheartedly into the timeless rituals of Lombard courtship, Francesco promenaded beneath her window, cultivated her friends and relatives, encountered her "by chance" when she went strolling. Angela played her part by being good, like a signorina should. When they met, she would say politely, "Buon-giorno, Signor Ghizzoni" and coolly ignore his urgings to "call me Francesco." He asked for a date, and Angela refused. He sent her gifts. Angela returned them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Untamed Shrew | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...Signorina Mangano is, by either Italian or American standards, well stacked. Director Do Santis wisely shows her from a variety of angles. For example, we see Mangano in a makeshift bathing suit, Maugano in a makeshift weed-picking outfit, and Mangano in a makeshift nightie. She is very sexy...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/4/1951 | See Source »

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