badalucco

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badalucco m sing (pl.: badalucchi)

  1. (antico) scaramuccia per tenere a bada il nemico
  2. (antico) trastullo, passatempo
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dal lat. medievale badaluchum "strumento per prendere le coturnici", connesso con "badare", "tenere a bada"

  • Tenere a badalucco: far attendere inutilmente
Vedi le traduzioni
  • casa editrice Ceschina (1939), Novissimo dizionario della lingua italiana