luzzu
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luzzu (plural luzzus)
- A traditional, brightly painted Maltese fishing boat.
- 1964, R[obert] Franklin Brown, Jr., USS Shangri-La, Attack Carrier, Boston, Mass.: Burdette, →OCLC, page 205, column 1:
- The island’s small fishing boats (Luzzus) and karrozzins (horse-drawn carriages) provided a welcome change-of-pace from the flattop Shangri-La’s sailors and airmen had been riding since October.
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Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian guzzu, from Italian guzzo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luzzu m (plural luzzijiet)
Descendants edit
- → English: luzzu
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