leggera
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See also: leggerà
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]leggera
Etymology 2
[edit]From the observation that the lowest social underclass, hardly possessing more than the rags that constituted their clothing, traveled very “light”, with not more than a bag.
Noun
[edit]leggera f (uncountable)
- riffraff, lumpenproletariat
- (Can we date this quote?), “La Leggera”, A folksong from Tuscany, sung by seasonal workers brought to work in the Maremma by a train derogatorily called the “Trenino della Leggera” (the “Riffraff Train”).:
- Noi siam della leggera e poco ce ne importa.
- We are of the riffraff and we don’t care.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)