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holy cannoli

holy cannoli interjection: synonym of holy cow.

Interjection

  1. Synonym of holy cow.
    • You're at some dusty museum with a headache and fallen arches when you see this thing on the wall. "Holy cannoli!" you exclaim with righteous indignation, "My kid coulda done that!"1979 July 6, “Give Junior Intro to Art”, in Courier-Post, Camden: Gannet, Tgif, page 2 [46, sequentially]
    Synonyms:
    holy cow, wow

Synonyms of holy cannoli

Origin of holy cannoli

Likely modeled on the earlier phrases holy macaroni, holy stromboli, and holy ravioli. Given that, a direct connection to the phonetically similar holy kamoly, which is recorded since 1957, is unlikely.

Questions about holy cannoli

What does holy cannoli mean?
Holy cannoli means synonym of holy cow.
What part of speech is holy cannoli?
Holy cannoli is an interjection.

Words near holy cannoli in the dictionary

  1. holy bones
  2. Holy Book
  3. Holy Bread
  4. holy bucket
  5. holy buckets
  6. holy cannoli
  7. holy card
  8. holy cards
  9. holy carp
  10. holy catfish
  11. holy cats

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