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Maccaroni

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of macaroni (“a type of pasta”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "[…]there were stalls of bread, wine, and fruit, and little cook[-]shops with fires in the open air, frying meat, boiling maccaroni, minestra verde and other good things."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of macaroni (“a fop, a dandy”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "A nearer glance at his dress had satisfied Toole that he was too much of a maccaroni for an artist, and he was thinking of placing him upon the lord lieutenant's staff."

Etymology

From Italian maccaroni. Doublet of macaroni, macaron, and macaroon.

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