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cannoli

cannoli

27 3.9
An Italian dessert of a fried pastry tube filled with sweet ricotta cheese
  • noun
  • /kæˈnoʊli/
translation icon : cannoli
  • Would you like to share a delicious cannoli filled with sweet ricotta cheese for dessert?
  • cannoli shells
  • chocolate-filled cannoli
  • fresh cannoli

And so the accountant is big fat guy eating his cannoli.

Examples

  • Any New Yorker will be able to tell you their favorite cannoli.

    Blog text (8)

  • We're going to get a chocolate cannoli, A pistachio cannoli, and a plain cannoli and an Oreo cannoli.

  • I sold him a cannoli in high school.

    One for the Money (2012)

  • Do you want to grab me a cannoli?

    What's Your Number? (2011)

  • Hey, guys, I thought I would get a cup of coffee and a cannoli.

    Sugar Hill (1994)

  • Is that a cannoli from Virgilio's?

    Grown Ups (2010)

  • There was the expectation of a good conversation over tea and cannoli at the Italian restaurant where operas filled the air.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I brought some cannoli.

    To All a Goodnight (1980)

  • New York's best cannoli?

    Blog text (8)

  • At the bakery, they offer a variety of flavors, including traditional cannoli and chocolate-filled ones.

How Rich

gateau
1 7.2
cannoli
27 3.9
pastry
32 1.0
cake
850 1.0
cookie
  • US
774 1.0

Surface Forms

cannoli singular
cannolis plural

Etymology

Cannoli comes from the Sicilian and Italian word cannolo, which means 'little tube' and comes from canna, 'reed' or 'tube'. So the dessert is named for its crispy, tube-shaped shell that is filled with sweet cheese.