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noun Informal.

a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.

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Origin of spaghetti western

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby spaghetti western

spaghettification, spaghetti junction, spaghettini, spaghetti squash, spaghetti strap, spaghetti western, spagyric, spahi, Spahn, Spain, spake

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Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
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In their past calls for attacks on Western targets, AQAP has focused on putting bombs on planes, not revenge attacks.
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This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
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“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.
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Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
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But this alliance is rotten, and cannot endure; the Western men are no partizans of slavery.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The scene and field of that learning hitherto has been, in our Western communities, the University.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I started for it once, but never even reached the western boundaries of New York.
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We were once more at the western door; Madame crossed herself again; we went out.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
In our western communities the dangers to the intellectual nexus lie rather on the other side.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for spaghetti western

spaghetti western

noun

a cowboy film about the American West made, esp by an Italian director, in Europe

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