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How to use padrone in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word padrone? Here are some examples.

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In this way the padrone provided American companies with large numbers of employees for which they were paid handsomely.
One of these is Giuliano Binanti, the padrone of the Giuliano group of restaurants in Edinburgh, who each autumn acts as my mushroom mentor.
The situation changed dramatically in July at the ceremony to formally turn over Palazzo Grassi to its new padrone.
The padrone was an ethnic intermediary and labour agent with the resources necessary to conduct the trade.
Not long ago people like Renato and Theresa worked for a padrone as serfs, for no pay.
The padrone supervised the gang's work and provided housing and meals, charging a fee against wages.
Our favourite restaurant there was Archimede, whose vigilant padrone and busy staff put on a bustling show like something out of the commedia dell'arte.
You can enjoy a perfect Tuscan kitchen and the hospitality of the Padrone and his team in the heart of Vienna.
Examples from Classical Literature
It was our signal, invariably heard by the ever-watchful Dominic, the padrone.
The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time really important.
The padrone hastened away to fetch it, but Vere shook her head.
Why had she not told the padrone she wished to be quite alone?
He took up a pen the padrone had brought, dipped it into the ink.
How can a fisher-boy, a nothing from Mergellina, look like my padrone?
The padrone threw up his chin and clicked his tongue against his teeth.
The padrone bore it proudly down between the mirrors and the windows.
Venetian servants by contrast enjoy enormous freedom and exercise an insolent latitude in their behavior, freely quitting a disagreeable padrone at a moment's notice.
As if repulsing the very sound of the name, the Padrone made that ample, sweeping, knocking-down gesture.
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