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Cosby, William Henry, Jr. >
Co·sa Nos·tra
(k
s
n
str
)
KEY
NOUN:
The Mafia operating in the United States.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian,
our concern
:
cosa
,
thing, affair
+
nostra
, feminine of
nostro
,
our
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