SCALDOBANCO

PRONUNCIATION: (skal-duh-BAHNG-koh)

MEANING: noun: A fiery speaker, especially a preacher.

ETYMOLOGY: From obsolete Italian scaldabanco (literally, heats the bench), from scaldare (to heat) + banco (bench). Earliest documented use: 1670.
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SCOLDOBANCO - where you sit in the office of the Assistant Principal in charge of Discipline

SCALDOBIANCO - heated white-hot

SCALDOBARCO - pour boiling water over the trunk of a tree (or boat)

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