terno

[This refers to the rendering of the lottery phrase terno in a translation by my wife of the stornello of Dall 'Ongaro previously mentioned.

What I Remember Trollope, Thomas A 1887

These breeches were not for sale; they were evidently the joy and the pride of the countryman, who had no heart for trade, having by this time two numbers in one line marked off, only wanting an adjoining one to win the _terno_.

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I myself once dreamt of having gained a _terno_ in the lottery, but was fool enough not to play it, -- and in consequence lost a prize, the very numbers coming up in the next drawing.

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The ordinary rule is to play for every chance within the numbers taken; but the common people rarely attempt more than a _terno_.

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-- _Caro_ Bernardo, _only_ one more number to win the terno! '

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'If you were to win the _terno_, what would you do with it?'

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Oh! _diavolo_, the _villano_ will only have one third of the _terno_; and may he die of apoplexy! '

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'It's on your paper,' said Caper to him, marking it off; 'and you've won the _terno_!'

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'It's always so,' said a fat man next to Caper, 'these _villani_ take the bread out of our mouths; but _ecco_! there is another one who has the _terno_; blessed be the Madonna, there is a third!

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When he had climbed up, and stepping forward, stood ready to receive the _terno_, the crowd jeered and cheered the _villano_, making fine fun of his goat-skin, and not a little jealous that a _contadino_ should take the money out of the city.

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