Mosca

Its design was a fly, in allusion to his name Mosca, with the words

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

Its design was a fly, in allusion to his name Mosca, with the words 'de me ce', that is to say, take away 'c' from 'musca' and you have 'musa'.

The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

Its design was a fly, in allusion to his name Mosca, with the words 'de me ce', that is to say, take away 'c' from 'musca' and you have 'musa'.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 29: Florence to Trieste Giacomo Casanova 1761

Perhaps she was called Mosca (Montale seems in his poetry to wonder why) because she seemed glinting and flickering: a firefly rather than just a fly, I would have thought.

The Poetry of Montale Spender, Stephen 1972

Johnston called Mosca out-of-order for what he thought was heavy-handed questioning, while Mosca suggested that Johnston wasn't looking out for the city's best interest.

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Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz: I am sorry that you wife passed away.

"Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract." Ann Althouse 2007

Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz: So you came to New York to get away?

"Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract." Ann Althouse 2007

Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz: Under the Geneva Convention, tourture.

"Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract." Ann Althouse 2007

Your Grub Street editor, Daniel "Mosca" Maurer, is coming out of competitive-eating retirement and might just strap the fairy, er, fly, wings on for this one.

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We've gotten some really wild reasons — 'I don't want the EMTs emergency medical technicians to see my messy house,' or 'I want to put my makeup on,' '' Mosca says.

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