plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a deep-fried tube of pastry filled with sweetened and flavored ricotta cheese
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Right as Melissa begins to serve the cannoli, her firefighter ex-flame, Captain Robinson, arrives at the door, answering the call from Archie’s life alert.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Traditional pumpkin pie, cheesecake, petits fours, and cannoli finish the meal.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Dessert was slices of the three-tier marble vintage-style wedding cake, along with cannoli chips and dip.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Members of the sponsoring Italian American Heritage Foundation will make meatball sandwiches and fill cannoli to order.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Traditional pumpkin pie, cheesecake, petits fours, and cannoli finish the meal.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Dessert was slices of the three-tier marble vintage-style wedding cake, along with cannoli chips and dip.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Members of the sponsoring Italian American Heritage Foundation will make meatball sandwiches and fill cannoli to order.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Cannoli.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannoli. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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