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maccaroni

American  
[mak-uh-roh-nee] / ˌmæk əˈroʊ ni /

noun

  • maccaronis,
    plural
  • maccaronies
    plural
  1. a variant of macaroni.


maccaroni British  
/ ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of macaroni

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A compound of eggs and maccaroni, sometimes known as a Neapolitan omelette, likewise makes an appetising dish, though it is one that is little known to foreigners.

From The Naples Riviera by Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) Vaughan

Take some maccaroni, in the proportion of half a pound to two quarts of soup.

From Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. by Sulpice Baru?

Boil the maccaroni till tender; cut it in pieces about two inches long; put it into either white or brown sauce, and let it stew gently for half an hour.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

Put your maccaroni into the sauce, and just stir it together.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

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.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

Mingled with flour and eggs, it furnishes biscuits, maccaronies, etc., etc., ad infinitum.

From The Physiology of Taste by Fayette Robinson

One of our maccaronis is dead, a Captain Mawhood, the teaman's son.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

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