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spaghetti western

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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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Nearby words

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Origin of spaghetti western

First recorded in 1965–70
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Examples from the Web for spaghetti western

  • The show opened with a bang: twangy, spaghetti-Western music; girls in Rodarte's signature spaghetti knits.

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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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