cudighi

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noun

A type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan.

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Meanings

nouncudighi (plural cudighis)

plural cudighis

  1. A type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan.

    This was the period when pizza was making its way onto the American culinary scene, and Tino sold cudighis along with pizza as bar food.

    1999, Michigan Folklife Annual, page 19

Origin

Apparently from Milanese dialect (codighino or cotichino; compare Cotechino Modena); it is not found in modern Italian.

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APA

cudighi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudighi

MLA

“cudighi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudighi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cudighi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudighi.

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