ext_51990 ([identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2008-02-19 10:38 pm
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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...

Lardo

[identity profile] sea-gaagii.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
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!