1955, The Science reports of the Research Institutes. Series C. Medicine. […], page 428:
Namely, during the three-drug treatment for a long period, the annular shadow of a cavity was replaced by a small, homogenous and dense shadow with or without radiating streaks like a star or a confetto. Sometimes ..
1991, College Band Directors National Association Journal, page 54:
[...] as inferred from the old Venetian rhyme: Dante Gabriel Rosetti owned a bounty of confetti quite unlike poor Canaletto who had only one confetto. (But that cannot have influenced our composer[…])
1993, Outerbridge, page 49:
She fluttered her hand at a confetto of cigarette ash, knocking it from her black soft sweater to the thigh of her black jeans where it lay unmolested.
In this position the periosteum presented a solution of continuity of the size of a confetto. The abscess cavity was washed out with oxygenated water, a drainage tube was passed behind the ischio-pubic rami, and the wound was sutured.
1999, Alberto Moravia, The Conformist: A Novel, Zoland Books, page 150:
A beggar. But instead of asking for money, the man had asked, in a hoarse voice, "Will you give me a confetto, newlyweds?" and at the same time had thrust his hand into the car.
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2012, Massimo Montanari, Let the Meatballs Rest, and Other Stories about Food and Culture, Columbia University Press (→ISBN):
One should not be in a hurry when savoring a confetto, for to find the seed requires attention and concentration.
1845, Giacomo Carnevale, Notizie storiche dell'antico e moderno Tortonese, raccolte da Conte G. Carnevale, page 24:
I congiunti, e gli amici fanno loro corteggio, nel ritorno alla casa dalla Chiesa sono salutati da lieti evviva dai ragazzi ai quali vengano gettati dallo sposo confetti, nocciuoli, od amandole; ...
