Spaghetto

Origin

From Italian spaghetto.

Full definition of spaghetto

Noun

1. (rare, prescriptive) A single strand of spaghetti.
• 2000, Henry Alford, Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Middle, Broadway Books (2001), ISBN 9780767907415, page 65:My first class consisted of twenty-six dancers; at least a third of these appeared to be tiny Asian women, each with a waist the approximate width of a spaghetto.
• 2004, D. L. Stewart, "Cyclone Salad Set To Hit School Cafeterias", Dayton Daily News, 7 September 2004:With his thumb and forefinger he lifted one spaghetto at a time and dunked it into the bowl of sauce before eating it.
• 2010, Rita Golden Gelman, Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World, Three Rivers Press (2010), ISBN 9780307588029, page 289:Not once was I allowed to help make dinner, slice a tomato, boil a spaghetto (one piece of spaghetti), or wash a dish.
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