What is "taglioni"

Usage examples of "taglioni".

Mr Taglioni was coaxed back to consciousness by having scalding hot coffee poured down his throat, the body of the late Mr Flawse lying on the table was the first thing to meet his horrified gaze.

But Mr Dodd steeled himself to his vigil while Mr Taglioni babbled on unintelligibly and delving deeper into the recesses finally demanded more lights.

Mr Taglioni had managed to explain that by lights he meant more illumination, Mr Dodd had been sick twice and the taxidermist had a bloody nose.

Mr Dodd tried to change the cassette and Mr Taglioni, revivified by his lunch, burst into a foul imitation of Caruso.

Mr Taglioni, left to himself, had hit the crusted port again and with it Verdi.

All that day and the next and the one following Mr Taglioni continued his gruesome task while Lockhart cooked and Mr Dodd sat in his shed and stared resentfully at the cucumber frames.

Mr Taglioni had put far more than two and two together and was drinking himself insensible on crusted port.

Mr Taglioni, on to his fifth bottle, regarded him hazily through bloodshot eyes.

Mr Taglioni, too drunk to appreciate the new role he was being cast in.

A night spent rubbing the ropes that bound her hands up and down against the iron bedstead had indeed chafed her but she still persisted while down in the study Mr Taglioni repeated word for word what he had been taught.

Mr Taglioni stated that he had been employed as a casual labourer by the Waterworks at the time and being an Italian had naturally attracted the attention of Miss Flawse.

Mr Taglioni hesitated and then, after so many lies, decided to tell the truth.

Manacled to the opposite wall, Mr Taglioni gave voice to his objections.

Mr Taglioni struggled with the bullet and finally got it into a corner of his cheek where it bulged like a quid of tobacco.

Mr Dodd removed the handkerchief and bullet Mr Taglioni regained a better complexion and a volubility that was wasted on his audience.