Pepperoni

Definitions

1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
   countable, uncountable
2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“He gave the dog a treat⟳ — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.”

“She and her two best friends are choreographing a number⟳ for the talent show⟳; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land⟳ a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)”

“Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.”

“There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive⟳ exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run⟳ you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.”

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