cannoli

[kuh-noh-lee; Italian kahn-naw-lee]

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plural noun Italian Cookery.

tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.

Origin of cannoli

1940–45; < Italian, plural of cannolo, derivative of canna reed, cane; cf. cannelloni

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Related Words for cannoli

puff, cannoli, chou, croquembouche, profiterole

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Contemporary Examples of cannoli

Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.
De Robertis, a New York Great, Bids Farewell
Lizzie Crocker
December 4, 2014
“I used to switch back and forth between Cheetahs and here,” she says while eating a cannoli supplied by a regular.
The Worst Strip Club in Vegas
Richard Abowitz
September 17, 2010