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perciatelli

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per·cia·tel·li  (pûrch-tl, prchä-tll)
n.
Pasta in long hollow thick strands.

[Italian dialectal, diminutive pl. of perciato, past participle of perciare, to pierce, from Old French percer, percier; see pierce.]


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