Etymology

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Today it means: Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence. Full definition →

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Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding (1958). Popularized by film The Godfather (1972) and the television series The Sopranos from the 1990s.

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