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  • The name Aristo, now an acronym for sugar-daddies, was uncommon.

    unknown title 2009

  • It’s in Aristo­phanes’ Lysis­trata, in the Man­i­festo of the Women of Athens:

    Red Badge of Verbiage « Snarkmarket 2006

  • No doubt, though, but the whole outfit was decidedly barbaric, even including the doctor's little son "Aristo," who refused to be left behind.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885

  • Politicians leaning against the mantels announced the approaching appearance of a sheet entitled the "Aristo," a reactionary paper.

    The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 1843

  • "Aristo," I continued, "at the permission of the tyrants removed the necklace of Eriphyle [826] which was hung up in this temple, and took it to his wife as a present; but his son being angry with his mother for some reason or other, set the house on fire, and burnt all that were in it.

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • James Chastek, an Aristo-Thomist philosopher, had this to say:

    August 10th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • I watched from behind a wooden barrier as my classmate Aristo began his battle against the second cow, the largest and meanest of the four we faced.

    Matador for a Day 2010

  • But it has also created a number of brands such as BARK! and Aristo-Cats Yi Hu! for dog or cat supplies and other segments of the market.

    Swimming Upstream Donald Frazier 2010

  • Aristo is sparkly and lively; but he doesn't trample all over the line-endings in big boots like this; and Reynolds, thought a little old-school posh, has more of a sense for the rhythms and pacing of a line of verse than this.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • Aristo is sparkly and lively; but he doesn't trample all over the line-endings in big boots like this; and Reynolds, thought a little old-school posh, has more of a sense for the rhythms and pacing of a line of verse than this.

    Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, (transl. David R. Slavitt, 2010) Adam Roberts 2010

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