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Examples
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It's displayed upstairs along with kitchenware and tableware in the culina gallery, although it might have graced any room in the domus.
The Gracious Art of Living Judy Fayard 2011
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That said, Ciudad, their downtown L.A. restaurant, is a Los Angeles culina ...
Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Ciudad of Los Angeles 2008
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That said, Ciudad, their downtown L.A. restaurant, is a Los Angeles culina ...
Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Ciudad of Los Angeles 2008
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Qui inter hos enutriuntur, non magis sapere possunt, quam qui in culina bene olere.
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There is the hurrying throng of the streets of Rome with all its dangers and discomforts: nobis properantibus opstat unda prior, magno populus premit agmine lumbos qui sequitur; ferit hic cubito, ferit assere duro alter, at hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam. pinguia crura luto, planta mox undique magna calcor et in digito clavus mihi militis haeret. nonne vides quanto celebretur sportula fumo? centum convivae, sequitur sua quemque culina.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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The oldest form of the name is Milner, from Anglo-Sax. myln, Lat. molina; cf. Kilner from kiln, Lat. culina, kitchen.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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More than once I saw love in her look, in her face; and, wilt thou believe me? among those simple people then in that poor chamber, which was at once a culina and a triclinium, I felt happier than ever before.
Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881
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This is taken from the same Latin word from which the Romance languages formed _cuisine, cucina_; not from the classical Latin, _culina_.
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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The compositor, in the editor's absence, converted it into _rectus in culina_, which although not very bad Latin, altered the sense very materially, giving the reverend gentleman _a good standing in the kitchen_.
The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Mark Lemon 1839
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The work on loan includes frescoes and marble sculptures that might have been found in a triclinium (dining room), culina (kitchen) and balneum (bathroom), among other rooms in the home of a wealthy landowner, magistrate or merchant.
The Guardian World News Dalya Alberge 2011
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