My Italian girlfriend doesn't know the word, nor do any of her fairly
substantial dictionaries of the current language.

I'll be in a good library on monday; if it's still a mystery then, I'll
see what I can find.

Lazarus

Ps. We could do with a few Italian members on this newsgroup. And maybe
some French, Lebanese or Egyptian and Chinese folk. Would save a lot
of bother.

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