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Thus, the Italian bravoes of the middle ages, when they repented their evil ways, were wont to "shave the tuft," which was thrown over the face as a disguise; hence the phrase, _radere il ciuffo_, still used as synonymous with becoming an honest man.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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