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[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

Ladrone pronunciation: [luh-drohn]

Noun
1. a thief.

2. Used as a vague term of reproach: Rogue, blackguard.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ladrone
http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50128885

"I was robbed!" sobbed the store manager to the police. "I was there; I saw the whole thing! The ladrone wore all black and was average-looking in every way! You'll never find him!"

Dictionary.reference mentions that it's from Southwestern U.S. I wonder if they ever used it in old western movies...

Comments

[g0shawk.livejournal.com]

That's interesting...I think ladrón is the Spanish word for thief...

[deadsilent.livejournal.com]

It is.

Lardo

[sea-gaagii.livejournal.com]

There is a chain of coffee shops here in Seattle (no really, coffe shops in Seattle - I kid you not) called Ladro. They used to work at Starbucks and stole the idea to open their own shop, they call themselves coffe theifs - Cafe Ladro!

[bellumed.livejournal.com]

Yet again, a word from Latin! Latro means bandit.

[cosmic-starz.livejournal.com]

good word!