spaghetti western

noun

often capitalized W
: a western motion picture produced in Italy

Examples of spaghetti western in a Sentence

I'm a fan of spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.
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Like the spaghetti westerns that influenced it or its spiritual cousin Mad Max: Fury Road, Bloodlust’s plot is simple but never boring. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024 This week the indie channel is playing and replaying spaghetti westerns. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 So, like, Italian film score, some of the spaghetti western stuff. Taylor Mims, Billboard, 28 June 2024 Because anybody who’s ever seen a spaghetti western movie or listened to early Taylor Swift knows that there are a myriad of ways to embrace cowgirl-core. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for spaghetti western 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spaghetti western was in 1967

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“Spaghetti western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti%20western. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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