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pepperoni

or pep·er·o·ni

[ pep-uh-roh-nee ]

noun

  1. a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.


pepperoni

/ ˌpɛpəˈrəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. a highly seasoned dry sausage of pork and beef spiced with pepper, used esp on pizza


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pepperoni1

1920–25, Americanism; < Italian peperoni, plural of peperone cayenne pepper plant, augmentative of pepe pepper

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pepperoni1

C20: from Italian peperoni, plural of peperone cayenne pepper

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Example Sentences

This recipe takes the idea of a pepperoni pizza and makes a few tasty tweaks.

The coaches allowed the athlete to remove some of the pepperoni from the pizza, but the pork residue was still on the slices, the attorney said at Tuesday’s news conference.

Cut it into small dice, or a brunoise, and then do the same with the pepperoni.

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Combine the mozzarella and pepperoni with remaining the 2 teaspoons cornstarch in a medium-sized bowl, then add ½ cup cooled blended tomato sauce.

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Roll out pizza dough, add sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and bake at 375 for 6-8 minutes.

Students fill their trays with deep-dish pepperoni slices and napa salad and head to the lunch lady for checkout.

The crust was stuffed with cheese and pepperoni, Italian sausage, and bacon.

By the normal rules of political discourse, he should be back to peddling pepperoni any day now.

“I think sometimes people mistake fire in the belly for having had too much pepperoni pizza the night before,” he said.

It made my nostrils crimp, and my tongue felt like a mouthful of wrinkled pepperoni.

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