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  • Aldo caviglia glimpsed his reflection in the overhead mirror of the crowded 64 bus.

    Excerpt: The Garden of Evil by David Hewson 2008

  • Ortenzia Caviglia of The Blue Aspic, with her obsessed fan Jasper Ankle (they are "married" through their last names; caviglia is "ankle" in Italian), and maybe even something of her career in Maudie Splaytoe, the common little girl who transforms into prima ballerina assoluta

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • 'li primi che governano lo stato vanno alle loro botteghe di seta, e gittati li lembi del mantello sopra le spalle, pongonsi alia caviglia e lavorano pubblicamente che ognuno li vede; ed i figliuoli loro stanno in bottega con li grembiuli dinanzi, e portano il sacco e le sporte alle maestre con la seta e fanno gli altri esercizi di bottega.'

    Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866

  • 04/09/2010 20: 06 Calcio: Nazionale, Rossi si infortuna a caviglia in allenamento

    ITnews 2010

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