An Italian-American culinary term for whelk or conch — large, chewy sea snails that feature prominently in southern Italian and Italian-American seafood dishes. 'Scungilli' is especially associated with the Feast of the Seven Fishes, the traditional Italian Christmas Eve meal, and is often served marinated in lemon, olive oil, and herbs. The word is standard vocabulary in New York and New Jersey Italian-American communities.
His grandmother always made scungilli salad on Christmas Eve, and the smell alone took him straight back to her kitchen.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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