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Lazzaroni   Listen
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Lazzaroni  n. pl.  (Written also, but improperly, lazaroni)  The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.






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... of emigration on the character and habits of the lazzaroni of Ireland, is sufficient to indicate the cause of many of the great evils of social life at home. People will not recognise the fact, that they are castaways of fortune, and require to scramble as well as they can for a subsistence. They like to ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 - Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 • Various



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