a cavalcioni

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a cavalcioni

  1. astride
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Il colosso che sedeva a cavalcioni del mondo!
      The colossus that bestrode the world!
      (literally, “The colossus that sat astride on the world!”)