mafiosa
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3VERB + MAFIOSA
acting, like
MAFIOSA + NOUN
herself, jersey, queen, sixty-two-year-old
PREP.
down, in, with
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mafiosa.
Signora Soprano is a neighborhood Italian girl who knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Tony and is not above acting like a mafiosa herself when it suits her.
“Do our girls really have that much power?” Annelise asked. “Where do they get it from?” / “Maybe it’s our fault,” I said. “Is there a feminine for mafiosos? Mafiosas? Because apparently that’s what we are, the Mothers’ Mafia. “I also had seen this in one of the books on raising teenagers. “Conspiring to keep unworthy children from being included in birthday parties, play dates, and Scout troops.”
noun
A female member of the Mafia.
Once the steam-roller was started nothing could stop it. It crushed indifferently men of ideas and the Mafiosa, sixty-two-year-old “Queen of Ganci.”
But the women remain deputies or stand-ins. So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own.
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6Signora Soprano is a neighborhood Italian girl who knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Tony and is not above acting like a mafiosa herself when it suits her.
Wiktionary“Do our girls really have that much power?” Annelise asked. “Where do they get it from?” / “Maybe it’s our fault,” I said. “Is there a feminine for mafiosos? Mafiosas? Because apparently that’s what w
WiktionaryTurns out ol’ Larry here was having a thing with a mafiosa down in Jersey City. Watched too many episodes of The Sopranos or something. Needless to say, Mr. Mafioso wasn’t too happy when he came home
WiktionaryOnce the steam-roller was started nothing could stop it. It crushed indifferently men of ideas and the Mafiosa, sixty-two-year-old “Queen of Ganci.”
WiktionaryBut the women remain deputies or stand-ins. So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own.
WiktionaryOne theme that clearly appeared among Mafiosas was control—or their lack of it. In this context, women fared as best they could, often becoming helpmates in their men’s criminal activities.
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