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  • Lathychap! 'she pleaded,' bujeri you pialla (intercede with) Boss. '

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • They use an instrument that resembles a carpenter’s wood planer, a pialla, to shave huge blocks of ice, and their bulging muscles attest to the number of times they repeat the action each and every day, for lines can be exceedingly long, especially on weekend evenings when Rome’s hip and happening are headed down the banks of the Tiber River for dinner and drinks.

    A Close Shave at eternallycool.net 2007

  • They use an instrument that resembles a carpenter’s wood planer, a pialla, to shave huge blocks of ice, and their bulging muscles attest to the number of times they repeat the action each and every day, for lines can be exceedingly long, especially on weekend evenings when Rome’s hip and happening are headed down the banks of the Tiber River for dinner and drinks.

    2007 August 01 archive at eternallycool.net 2007

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