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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lazzaroni

/(lăz`zȧ*rō"nĭ; It. lät`sȧ*rō"nē̇)/ · Laz·za·ro·ni · IPA
01 n. pl. 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.
  1. 1.
    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.