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  2. Bevilo tutto - Wikipedia

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    Bevilo tutto ("Drink it all", "Drink it up") is an Italian drinking song. A version is documented in I Nuovi Goliardi - Periodico mensuale di storia Trieste , in the 1880s. [ 1 ] The song was also featured in the movie The Hitman's Bodyguard with Samuel L Jackson singing with some nuns in a bus.

  3. In vino veritas - Wikipedia

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    English: ' what soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals '; ' he speaks in his drink what he thought in his drouth '; and ' a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts '. Finnish: Kännisen suusta totuus tulee ' the truth comes from the mouth of a drunkard '.

  4. Caffè corretto - Wikipedia

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    Caffè corretto (Italian: [kafˈfɛ kkorˈrɛtto]) is an Italian caffeinated alcoholic drink, consisting of a shot of espresso with a small amount of liquor, [1] usually grappa, and sometimes sambuca [2] or brandy. [3] It is also known (outside Italy) as an espresso corretto. It is ordered as un caffè corretto alla grappa, ... alla sambuca, ...

  5. Drinking song - Wikipedia

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    An 18th century drinking song. A drinking song is a song that is sung before or during alcohol consumption. Most drinking songs are folk songs or commercium songs, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music.

  6. Alcoholic beverage - Wikipedia

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    Some wine bars are profiled on wines of a certain type of origin, such as Italian wine or Champagne. [ citation needed ] While many wine bars are private "stand-alone" establishments, in some cases, wine bars are associated with a specific wine retailer or other outlet of wine, to provide additional marketing for that retailer's wine portfolio.

  7. Italian profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and languages of Italy, such as the Tuscan dialect, which had a very strong influence in modern standard Italian, and is widely known to be based on Florentine language. [1]

  8. Spritz (cocktail) - Wikipedia

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    Spritz was created during the period of the Habsburg domination in Veneto in the 1800s, under the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.The soldiers, but also the various merchants, diplomats and employees of the Habsburg Empire in Veneto became quickly accustomed to drinking local wine in the taverns, but they were not familiar with the wide variety of wines from the Veneto, and the alcohol content ...

  9. List of English words of Italian origin - Wikipedia

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    Dado (in Italian meaning 'dice') Fresco (Italian: affresco from the expression a fresco) Gesso; Graffiti (Italian: graffito, pl. graffiti) Grotto (in Italian grotta, meaning 'cave') Impasto; Intaglio; Loggia (from French loge) Madonna (in Medieval Italian meant Lady, in Modern Italian indicates Mary the Virgin) Magenta (after the Italian town)