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cudighi

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

Noun

cudighi (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

Forms of cudighi

pluralcudighis

Origin of cudighi

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

Questions about cudighi

What does cudighi mean?
Cudighi means a type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan.
What part of speech is cudighi?
Cudighi is a noun.
What is the plural of cudighi?
The plural of cudighi is cudighis.

Words near cudighi in the dictionary

  1. Cudgen
  2. Cudgera Creek
  3. cudgerie
  4. Cudgewa
  5. Cudham
  6. cudighi
  7. cudighis
  8. Cudillero
  9. Cudjoe
  10. Cudjoes
  11. Cudlipp

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