conca

On an open doorstep lay a copper 'conca' -- the Roman water jar -- a wretched dog was rushing down the street with something in its mouth, in front of Lord Redin, a woman was pursuing it with yells, swinging a small wooden stool in her right hand, to throw it at the dog, and the neighbours were on their doorsteps in a moment.

Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881

As he spoke, the door was darkened, and the girl stood there with a large copper "conca," the water-jar of the Roman province, balanced on her head -- one of the most magnificent human beings on whom the sun of the Campagna ever shone.

Whosoever Shall Offend 1881

It was not only her face and her hair, which resembled that of the late lamented Titian's Beauty; there was something in her figure and walk that made him half mad when he watched her; hers was not the stately stride of the black-eyed plebeian beauty, balancing her huge copper 'conca' on her classic head, still less was it the swaying, hip-dislocating, self-advertising gait of some of those handsome and fashionable ladies who frequented the Villa

Stradella 1881

Heer- haz a cup ov mai Hzalloween conc… conca.. err… drinkie..

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It. conca, Pr. conca, concha, Sp. and Pg. concha, F. conque 16th c., formerly also conche.

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She laid aside the twisted cloth on which the conca had rested while she carried it, and she smoothed her hair carelessly.

Whosoever Shall Offend 1881

Every other day an old woman from the village brought him a copper conca full of water; once a month she came and washed for him.

Whosoever Shall Offend 1881

One shapely brown hand steadied the conca above, the other gathered her coarse skirt; then she stood still, lifted the load from her head with both hands and without any apparent effort, and set it down in its place on a stone slab near the hearth.

Whosoever Shall Offend 1881

Lydia and she wove wreaths of wild-flowers, and Lyce sped down to the edge of the stream and brought us cooling drink in a bulging conca borne on her head.

Horace Theodore Martin 1862

For example, the conca jury deciding the fate of Mehserle does not line up with the anarchist principals that he describes.

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