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To: doc maverick

IIRC, pinky rings are significant in the good old fashioned Mafia.


3 posted on 02/18/2026 5:51:57 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes.

“Evidence indicates that Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana often wore a star-sapphire pinky ring, which was a gift from Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra often wore his own gold signet ring (featuring the Sinatra family crest from Sicily), which was a symbol of Italian American heritage, style, and power. He had about a dozen copies made and gave them to close friends, including Rat Pack members like Dean Martin.”
—Crime Magazine, September 12, 2009.


40 posted on 02/18/2026 8:14:17 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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