clarino

[ kluh-ree-noh ]

noun

, plural cla·ri·ni [kl, uh, -, ree, -nee], cla·ri·nos.

1. a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.

clarino

/ klæˈriːnəʊ /

adjective

1. of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music

noun

1. the high register of the trumpet
2. an organ stop similar to the high register of the trumpet
3. a trumpet or clarion

Word History and Origins

Origin of clarino¹

< Italian: trumpet, probably < Spanish clarin < French; clarinet

Example Sentences

Across the street at Men’s Central Jail, Joseph Clarino said some fellow inmates recently used torn bed sheets when toilet paper ran out.

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“They almost treat it like everyone in here has the plague,” Clarino said.

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The thin bar of soap Joseph Clarino said he and other inmates get at Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail is supposed to last three days.

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Clarino said he’s lucky if it’s enough for one shower — maybe two if cut in half — and that the shortage extends to other supplies.

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The body odor is so strong that deputies will joke, “Man, it really stinks in that dorm; thank God for the masks,” said Clarino, who was elected by inmates as the 9300 dorm’s “house mouse” to liaise with deputies.

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