maccaroni

American

[mak-uh-roh-nee] / ˌmæk əˈroʊ ni /

noun

plural

maccaronis, maccaronies

a variant of macaroni.

maccaroni British

/ ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ /

noun

a variant spelling of macaroni

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Yankee Doodle came to town, Mounted on a pony; He stuck a feather in his cap And called it Maccaroni.

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At this she was seized with an idea worthy of Maccaroni himself.

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In exchange for his lenten ration of bacallao, the Spaniard sends his fruits and Xeres, the Portuguese his racy port, the Italian his Florence oil and Naples maccaroni.

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In consequence of the high price of ferriage on the Mincio, he moved down toward Palermo, and there called to his standard all Italians favorable to the immediate emancipation of Sicily and the removal of all duties on Maccaroni.

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To-day they were in class four, being out for a happy day, and they had lunch in a little place in Soho, full of orange-trees in green tubs, and sunshine, and maccaroni.

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