Originally Posted By: Hollander
The beast was his nickname given by the media, his nickname in Cosa Nostra was Tiny.

The literal translation is "the short one" - "u curtu" is the Sicilian word for "il corto" in Italian.
By the way, how many of them are nicknamed for being of short stature:

Antonino Imerti ('Ndrangheta boss of Fiumara di Muro) - Ferocious dwarf (nano feroce)

Girolamo Marino (Cosa Nostra boss of Paceco, Trapani province, whacked in 1986) - Mommo u nanu (Mommo the dwarf)

Antonino Lo Giudice ('Ndrangheta boss in the Santa Caterina district in Reggio Calabria) - Il nano (the dwarf)

Thomas "Shorty" Spero (Colombo family)

Ralph "Shorty" Caleca (St.Louis family)

Little Nicky Scarfo

Also, wasn't Amuso somtimes called "Little Vic"?

And there is also a photo of Casso walking near a huge guy that makes Casso look like a dwarf by comparison. Didn't Casso ever get a nickname because of this, or "Gaspipe" is the only one?


Last edited by Dwalin2011; 09/01/17 12:08 AM.
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