Meaning & use
Mortadella
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A large Italian sausage made of finely ground pork, studded with cubes of fat and often flavored with spices or pistachios.
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The deli sliced fresh mortadella for the sandwiches.
Mortadella originated in Bologna and inspired the American "baloney."
A note on using this word
The word gave rise to the English term "baloney," both in name and, some argue, in its informal sense of "nonsense."
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