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The Zincali

Note 348 — Chapter II

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It is not our intention to weary the reader with prolix specimens; nevertheless, in corroboration of what we have asserted, we shall take the liberty of offering a few. Piar, to drink, (p. 188,) is Sanscrit, piava. Basilea, gallows, (p. 158,) is Russian, becilitz. Caramo, wine, and gurapo, galley, (pp. 162, 176,) Arabic, haram (which literally signifies that which is forbidden) and grab. Iza, (p. 179,) harlot, Turkish, kize. Harton, bread, (p. 177,) Greek, artos. Guido, good, and hurgamandera, harlot, (pp. 177, 178,) German, gut and hure. Tiple, wine, (p. 197,) is the same as the English word tipple, Gypsy, tapillar.

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