tazza
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tazza
1835–45; < Italian < Arabic ṭassah basin. See tass
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It was extraordinary that they should be sharing this "tazza" thus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of you who read may have passed such marts in different parts of the city, or even have dropped in and purchased a bust or a tazza for a surprisingly small sum.
From The Mahatma and the Hare by Haggard, Henry Rider
Why, Hurst, that little tazza should be in the big cabinet yonder, where the French jewel lies.
From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville
The works by his hand are remarkable for their ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
I held an old silver tazza, on which the ring was placed.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing
The pieces were designed to serve as candlesticks, salt-cellars, tazzas, ewers, holy-water pots and dishes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
But the drinking glasses with their fragile stems are really beautiful; and so are the vases and tazzas from white glass with enamel work or filigree of delicately blended colors.
From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.
By Gasparo and Girolamo Misuroni, engravers of Milan, have been seen most beautiful vases and tazze of crystal.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
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