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What does macaroni mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]
  2. (pejorative) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. [from 17th c.]
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As a comfort food, the wedge salad is right up there on my list with macaroni and cheese and fried chicken.
I scooped some macaroni onto my plate and grabbed a hot dog and hot dog bun.
There's plenty of good stodge on the menu, including favourites such as scampi, macaroni cheese, sausages, lasagne, steak and hand-cut chips.
He stood in line and got some fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, coleslaw macaroni, baked beans, and a roll.
The pastas include lasagne, spaghetti, tagliatelle, macaroni, tortellini and capellini, so you're not going to get much more Italian than that!
I suppose real macaroni pie uses this kind, but I was never able to find it in the United States.

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