* Qualcuno fra quelli rimasti in piedi, dietro coloro che avevano avuto la fortuna di trovare una seggiola, si sospingeva per intravedere ancora la propria posta, prima che i rastrelli dei croupiers si allungassero ad arraffarla. ( Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal )<>
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accaffare
= verbo trans. afferrare , arraffare .<>
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aggraffiare
= o aggraffignare , verbo trans. afferrare con graffi , con uncini arraffare , rubare<>
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ruffa
= confusione, calca di più persone che si pigiano per arraffare qualcosa, spec. nella <>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) After playing some Italian songs, Miss Bingley varied the charm bya lively Scotch air; and soon afterwards Mr. Darcy, drawing nearElizabeth, said to her:"Do not you feel a great inclination, Miss Bennet, to seize such anopportunity of dancing a reel?"She smiled, but made no answer.<>
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The best way is tokeep gently up with the object of pursuit, to be wary and cautious, towatch your opportunity well, get gradually before it, then make a rapiddive, seize it by the crown, and stick it firmly on your head; smilingpleasantly all the time, as if you thought it as good a joke as anybodyelse.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Then Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, of Fizkin Lodge, near Eatanswill,presented himself for the purpose of addressing the electors; which heno sooner did, than the band employed by the Honourable Samuel Slumkey,commenced performing with a power to which their strength in the morningwas a trifle; in return for which, the Buff crowd belaboured the headsand shoulders of the Blue crowd; on which the Blue crowd endeavouredto dispossess themselves of their very unpleasant neighbours the Buffcrowd; and a scene of struggling, and pushing, and fighting, succeeded,to which we can no more do justice than the mayor could, although heissued imperative orders to twelve constables to seize the ringleaders,who might amount in number to two hundred and fifty, or thereabouts.<>
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Ruin him, seize and sell his lands andgoods, drive him from house and home, and drag him forth a beggar in hisold age, to die in a common jail.<>
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I heard she would be here to-night and all to-morrowforenoon, and came down to seize the opportunity.<>
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Perhaps I might then be tempted to seize her hand.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'And it has this wery great advantage,' said Sam, 'that the turnkeystakes wery good care to seize hold o' ev'rybody but them as pays 'em,that attempts the willainy, and wen it gets in the papers they'reapplauded for their wigilance; so it cuts two ways--frightens otherpeople from the trade, and elewates their own characters.<>
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