Definition of "stretta" []

• See stretto. (noun)

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• "Scusi prego la mia povera stretta della vostra lingua."
• "And with the discretion of rare breeding she carries into the haunts of vice and miserable intrigue the Italian byword: _Orecchie spalancate, e bocca stretta_."
• "One author says: "... _impossibile a guardare quel goffo e disgraziato San Lodovico senza sentire una stretta al cuore_.""