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Definition of Cannoli
1. Noun. tubes of fried pasta, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert; typical of Sicily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cannoli
1. a tube of pastry with a sweet filling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannoli
Literary usage of Cannoli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maggie's Sauna by Paul E. Furdon (2000)
"... Sean's version of what had transpired among O'Sullivan, Teflon and the
ophthalmologist, Dr. cannoli. "What did Dr. cannoli do?" Bailey asked. "Nothing. ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"This is the common manna of the shops, which is thus collected in the form of
tubes; and it is called manna in cannoli, or manna cannoli. ..."
3. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"This is the common manna of the shops, which is thus collected in the form of
tubes; and is called by the Sicilians, manna in cannoli or manna cannoli. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1792)
"... and is collected in a fort of regular tubes, which give it the name of manna
in cannoli, that is, manna in tubes: this fécond kind is more ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1772)
"... in a fort of regular tubes, which give it the name of manna in cannoli, that
is, manna in tubes: this ..."
6. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"... the manna got is mostly of the soft or fatty kind, very little of it being
obtained in long white pieces or cannoli, and in some seasons none at all. ..."
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