panetella

[ pan-i-tel-uh ]
/ ˌpæn ɪˈtɛl ə /

noun

a long, slender cigar, usually with straight sides and tapering to a point at the closed end.
Also pan·e·tel·a, panatella, panatela.

Origin of panetella

1900–05; < American Spanish panetela, panatela a kind of bread, long, slender biscuit < Italian panatella, diminutive of pane bread (< Latin pānis); see -elle

Words nearby panetella

panelling, panellist, panencephalitis, panendoscope, panesthesia, panetella, paneth's granular cell, panetière, panettone, panfish, panful

Example sentences from the Web for panetella

  • I chewed down on the panetella in my teeth and bet them like I had them.

    Card Trick |Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett