malfatti

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noun

A type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi

OriginItalian malfatti →
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Meanings

nounmalfatti pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi

    No need to explain where the lamb went or to shape your malfatti to look like hens' eggs.

    2009 January 11, Amanda Hesser, “1971: Mrs. Sebastiani’s Malfatti”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianmalfatti
  2. Englishmalfatti

From the Italian malfatti.

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