sicilian : Idioms & Phrases


sicilian mafia

  • noun a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
    Maffia; Mafia.
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sicilian pizza

  • noun pizza made with a thick crust
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Sicilian vespers

  • the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers.
Webster 1913