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The dogs at Romeo’s are from Brooklyn Hot Dog Company, and this one was a pure pepperoni hotdog.—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025 Its 16-inch pizza options include: the Pendleton Heights hot pepperoni (mozzarella, red sauce, fresh basil and olive oil) for $22 and the Northeast supreme (mozzarella, red sauce, pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, bell peppers and roasted onion) for $24.—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025 Olive Garden Classic Caesar Dressing: This bottled dressing had a sweet-savory twang with notes of celery seed that reminded us more of a slaw dressing than Caesar.
Wish-Bone Creamy Caesar Dressing: Tasters detected a meaty flavor, almost like pepperoni.—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2025 That survey also found each state's favorite pizza, with most opting for pepperoni, a mix of meat and vegetables, and the meat lover's pizza.—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
Word History
Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper
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