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cannoli
[ kuh-noh-lee; Italian kahn-naw-lee ]
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of cannoli1
1940–45; < Italian, plural of cannolo, derivative of canna reed, cane; cannelloni
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Example Sentences
Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.
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“I used to switch back and forth between Cheetahs and here,” she says while eating a cannoli supplied by a regular.
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For dessert there is gelato and miniature cannoli and cupcakes with fangs on them.
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