gugliata

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Italian

Noun

gugliata f (plural gugliate)

  1. a length of thread (for sewing)
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Storia di dieci giorni”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 190:
      Grazie alla mia ormai lunga esperienza delle cose del campo; ero riuscito a portare con me le mie cose personali: una cintura di fili elettrici intrecciati; il cucchiaio-coltello; un ago con tre gugliate; cinque bottoni; e infine, diciotto pietrine per acciarino che avevo rubato in Laboratoria.
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    • 1972, Italo Calvino, chapter 1, in Le Città Invisibili [Invisible Cities]:
      [] intessuto di gugliate dai colori splendenti []
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