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‖ lazzarone|læzəˈrəʊneɪ, laddzaˈrone| Chiefly pl. Forms: sing. 9 laz(z)arone; pl. 8 lazaroni, 9 lazzaroni. [It. lazzarone, augmentative form of lazzaro (Florio) lazar.] One of the lowest class at Naples, who lounge about the streets, living by odd jobs, or by begging.
1792C. Smith Desmond II. 121 What wretched and dangerous doctrine to disseminate among the lazzaroni of England. [Note] Lazzaroni, a word descriptive of people reduced to the utmost poverty and wretchedness. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 439 [Naples.] About 30000 lazaroni, or black guards. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian ix, A few fishermen and lazzaroni only were loitering along the strand. 1832G. Downes Lett. I. 454 The Italian vetturini, a kind of peregrinating lazzaroni, never let slip any opportunity of paying homage to the goddess Vacuna. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvii, Neither are picturesque lazzaroni or romantic criminals half so frequent as your common labourer. 1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. II. iii. 74 The most ragged British beggar or Neapolitan lazzarone. attrib.1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 34 Lazzaroni hucksters of fruit and sweetmeats. 1875J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. i. iii. 77 Lazarone enjoyment in midwinter of sunshine, air, and scenery. |