AtD 246 Italian Word

[Monte Davis]

> What's 'giadrul'?

I'll be happy to see a certified Veneto-dialect etymology, BUT: we have
waitresses in a waterside osteria, teasing the Chums w/r/t whether the Chums
or the crew of the Russain airship are cuter. Chick Counterfly asks: “Just
between us, Giuseppina—a lovers’ secret—what have you heard this week of
other pallonisti around the Lagoons?”

"Lovers, eh. What kind of ‘lover,’ ” wondered Giuseppina, pleasantly though
audibly, “can think only of his rivals?”

"Rivals! You wish to say, that some other skyfarer—perhaps even more than
one!—lays claim to your heart? Ehi, macchè, Pina!—what kind of ‘beloved’ is
it who coldly tosses her admirers about, like leaves in a salad?”

“Maybe looking behind those leaves for a big giadrul,” suggested her
Neapolitan colleague, Sandra.

In context, I think we can go out on a limb here, to where the fig leaf
is...