The cicisbeo was often chosen by common agreement of husband and wife when drawing up the marriage contract. |
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The roommate asked me today if the cicisbeo had ever hit on me. |
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At last he was a full-fledged cavaliere servente, a cicisbeo, an official gigolo whose prior rights, by old Italian custom, are fully recognized by the husband. |
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Da Ponte lived most of his 20's in Venice as a cicisbeo, or attendant on married women, supporting himself as a teacher and tutor, or, when lucky, on winnings from the gambling table. |
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Of course a cicisbeo is a normal enough figure in Alexandrian life, but things are going to become socially very boring for you if you go out with those two so much. |
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