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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pepperoni
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pepperoni pizza
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add water, salt, cloves, eggplant chunks, fried bacon and pepperoni.
▪ But any additives in the pepperoni do have to be declared.
▪ Shop even stocks its own brand of soy-based pepperoni.
▪ The sweet pepperoni is usually made of all pork and is mildly seasoned.
▪ Use slotted spoon to remove bacon and pepperoni to paper towels and let drain.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pepperoni

Pepperoni \Pep"per*o*ni\, n. a hard sausage of beef and pork, highly seasoned.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pepperoni

"beef and pork sausage seasoned with pepper," 1919, American English, from Italian peperone "chilli," from pepe (see pepper (n.)).

Wiktionary
pepperoni

n. 1 A spicy Italian-American sausage. 2 pizza with pepperoni on it.

WordNet
pepperoni

n. a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)

Wikipedia
Pepperoni

Pepperoni, also known as pepperoni sausage, is an American variety of salami, usually made from cured pork and beef mixed together.

Pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red in color. Thinly sliced pepperoni is a popular pizza topping in American-style pizzerias and is used as filling in the West Virginia pepperoni roll. It is also used to make some varieties of submarine sandwiches.

Usage examples of "pepperoni".

He purchased a suspicion-killing carton of orange juice and some nutrition-packed pepperoni sticks.

And I think a good pizza with the sausage and the pepperoni and the double cheese-the way I love it-is just wonderful.

And I squandered yesterday afternoon when I had that pepperoni double cheese pizza.

Four slices of pizza, for example, with meatballs, sausage, and pepperoni, and double cheese.

If I can have four slices of pizza, with meatballs, sausage, and pepperoni, and double cheese once in a while, how long is once in a while?

They went inside and read the menu, debated topping options, then agreed on one large pepperoni, one large with everything.

Harry says, and orders three pizzas - one pepperoni, one combination, and one plain in case Melanie changes her mind.

Janice says, lifting a piece of pepperoni loose and laying it on a plate.

A slice of sauce-wet pepperoni had fallen on the front of her blue leotard.

She picked off the pepperoni and scrubbed at the stain, which only made it worse.

Arriving at the restaurant, they had a laughing argument over the best pizza toppings, eventually compromising on pepperoni, onions, and mushrooms.