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pepperoni

or pep·er·o·ni

[ pep-uh-roh-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pepperoni

/ ˌpɛpəˈrəʊnɪ /

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

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

C20: from Italian peperoni, plural of peperone cayenne pepper

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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