manicotti

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  1. noun Pasta in large-sized tubes.
  2. noun A dish consisting of such tubes stuffed with meat or cheese, usually served hot with a tomato sauce.

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  • In that case, guards were accused of smuggling meatballs, manicotti and chicken cutlets - along with vodka and wine to wash it down - to purported members of the Colombo and Gambino families. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • The system also offers entrees in the Baystate Medical Center cafeteria that might appear on a restaurant menu, including tuna steak with mango salsa, manicotti primavera, and portabella chicken. —  Reader - MassLive.com
  • FARE brunch buffet, including baked ham with orange glace, French toast, scrambled eggs with bacon, manicotti, garlic smashed potatoes, creamed spinach, salads, fresh fruit, assorted desserts ($16.95, or $9.95 for children 9 and younger) —  dispatch.com: RSS
  • Other food samples available at the event were veal meatballs, bison meatballs, manicotti, cheesecake, and honey.
  • A separate children's brunch in the nearby Empress Lounge (reservations must be made in conjunction with the adult brunch) will include miniature burgers; shrimp tempura; chicken fingers; and manicotti.
 

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  1. Italian, pl. of manicotto, muff, from manica, sleeve, from Latin manicae, sleeves, from manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.
 

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