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Lucca|ˈluːkə|
[The name of a city and province in northern Italy.]
Lucca lamb, a variety of processed lambskin, used mainly to make headwear; Lucca oil, a superior quality of olive oil.
1725J. Steuart Letter-Bk. (1915) 238 A Chist of finest Cucca [sic] oil. 1734C. Mortimer in W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (1750) VII. ii. 84 His Wife rubbed in..the Sallad-oil (which I had bought by the Name of Lucca-oil). [1861S. Smith in Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 244 Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar.] c1938Fortnum & Mason Price List 52 (caption) Superfine Lucca oil. 1956J. G. Links Bk. Fur ii. 52 Persian lamb..and all the odd varieties of processed lamb (beaver, Tuscan,..Lucca and..others). 1962― How to look at Furs (rev. ed.) 108 The merino can be sheared less or more than it is in the case of beaver lamb. If it is sheared less, the result is often called by such names as Lucca lamb or Tuscan lamb (Italian lambs are often treated in this way). 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 92 Lucca oil, olive oil. 1970Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn/Winter 287/1 Lucca Lamb Fur Hat. Get the feel of luxury with this fashionable.. hat made in real Lucca lamb.
Hence ˈLuccan a. and n.
1911H. Gerard tr. Maurel's Little Cities of Italy I. i. vi. 63 Mirrors planted by the Luccan army on the towers of Asciano. Ibid., The Luccans added a charming porch of elegant proportions. Ibid. 69 Matteo must have wandered often about the Luccan country. 1936Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Aug. 690/2 He..finds the Pisan school Byzantine and the Luccan Roman. 1961C. C. Bayley War & Society in Renaissance Florence i. 7 Florence emerged..with only a secondary prize, the former Luccan dependency of Pistoia. 1968E. Hyams Mischief Makers iv. 51 Olives yielding an oil of almost Luccan quality. |