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Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin scōpīlia (“sweepings, refuse”). Cognate with Neapolitan scupiglia. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
scoviglia f (plural scoviglie)
- (regional) rubbish, or filings
1906, Carlo Dossi, “Fricassea critica”, in Opere, volume IV, published 1926, page 241:[…] così, c’è una pattumiera cui sono scoviglia, carni di fagiani di Stiria, tuorli di melarancio e di uova, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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