Confetti

Definitions

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.
   uncountable
2. Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
   rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“"Why, if you and Teresa, our own⟳ best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat⟳ confetti at your wedding!"”

“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.”

“There were large trays with assorted pastries and colored almond confetti for a wedding, and he remembered with a pang that this very day was the wedding anniversary, the day Pino and Maria had married (so long ago!) in Rome.”

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