Etymology

al cartoccio

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Italian al cartoccio
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromal cartoccio
  2. English todayal cartoccio

Borrowed from Italian al cartoccio (literally “in the paper bag”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.