cannoli
[ kuh-noh-lee; Italian kahn-naw-lee ]
/ kəˈnoʊ li; Italian kɑnˈnɔ li /
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plural noun Italian Cooking.
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
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Origin of cannoli
Words nearby cannoli
cannikin, canning, Canning Basin, Cannizzaro, Cannock, cannoli, cannon, cannonade, cannonball, cannonball pulse, cannonball tree
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Example sentences from the Web for cannoli
Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.
“I used to switch back and forth between Cheetahs and here,” she says while eating a cannoli supplied by a regular.
For dessert there is gelato and miniature cannoli and cupcakes with fangs on them.