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Lucchese

luˈkeɪzi
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Lucchese
    A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary It. Lucchese,

Usage in the news

Can investigate whether defendants in Lucchese crime family case laundered money for legal costs. nj.com

Attorney General's Office Thirty-four members and associates of the Lucchese crime family were indicted on charges of racketeering and other offenses in 2010. nj.com

Attorney General's Office Thirty-four members and associates of the Lucchese crime family were indicted on charges of racketeering and other offenses. nj.com

BREMEN — Tonya Lucchese paid her dues for a couple of years before getting a crack at being the head coach of a high school girls basketball team in Indiana. thepilotnews.com

You can see why photographer Bruce Weber favors Grifs for Stetson hats, Roper shirts, and Lucchese boots. travelandleisure.com

Usage in scientific papers

Toffoli & Lucchese (2004) have calculated near threshold photoionization cross sections for C2 .
Division Xii/commission 14/WORKING Group on Molecular Data

Usage in literature

The Lucchese Hills form a fine mass, and the sea must in clear weather be very distinct. "The Life of John Sterling" by Thomas Carlyle

And in order to obtain by force what they had refused to purchase, they sent troops to plunder and overrun the country of the Lucchese. "History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy" by Niccolo Machiavelli

Do you believe that chestnuts can hurt a Perigordin or a Lucchese, or milk and cheese the mountain people? "The Essays of Montaigne, Complete" by Michel de Montaigne

He was named Giovanbattista Dati, and represented an ancient Lucchese family mentioned by Dante. "Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2" by John Addington Symonds

S. LUCCHESE, R. WALL. "The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance" by Bernhard Berenson

There was some criticism of Gemma's Lucchese. "Olive in Italy" by Moray Dalton

Such were my impressions during those days spent among the serene Lucchese churches and their terrible emblems. "Renaissance Fancies and Studies" by Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)

The sculpture of the Pisans was taken up and carried into various perfection by the Lucchese, Pistojans, Sienese, and Florentines. "Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)" by John Ruskin

And on this the Florentines undertook to serve them and to protect their city against the Lucchese and all other. "Villani's Chronicle" by Giovanni Villani

Such was Lucchese's life when he met Francis, just at the time when the necessity for the Third Order was pressing most heavily upon him. "Brother Francis" by Eileen Douglas