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Definition of Lazzeroni

Lazzaroni, an indolent class of waifs under a chief who used to lounge about Naples, and proved formidable in periods of revolution; they subsisted partly by service as messengers, porters, &c., and partly as beggars.
- Wikipedia

Laz`za*ro"ni (lăz`z&adot;*rō"n&ibreve;; It. lät`s&adot;*rō"n&esl;), n. pl. [It. lazzarone, pl. lazzaroni.] 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. [Written also, but improperly, lazaroni.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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