confetti

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confetti englannista suomeksi

1. konfetit

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1. konfetti

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confetti englanniksi

1. Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

2. Edible Italian sugarcoated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.

3. 1870, Henry T. Tuckerman, in the ''Boston Transcript'', quoted in ''The New York Observer Yearbook and Almanac'', page 143:

... a pale and fair devotee of fashion who has left off eating ''confetti'', and recovered her bloom.

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5. 1975, Garibaldi Marto Lapolla, ''The grand Gennaro'', Ayer Co. Pub.:

Emilio and Roberto had pooled their resources in money and had arranged with the cafe keeper for steaming thick chocolate, a slow-pouring syrup-like drink, the richest ''boccotoni'', cream-filled heavy ''sfogliate'', and almond confetti.

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8. To scatter with confetti.

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10. (monikko) it|confetto

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