Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Chiabreres’co (Italian).

 Chevy Chase.Chiar-oscuro [pronounce ke-ar-ros-ku’-ro]. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Chiabreres’co (Italian).
 
Poetry formed on the Greek model; so called from Gabriel Chiabre’ra, surnamed the “Pindar of Italy” (1552–1637).   1
 


 Chevy Chase.Chiar-oscuro [pronounce ke-ar-ros-ku’-ro]. 

 
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