cudighi

English

Etymology

Apparently from Milanese dialect (codighino or cotichino; compare Cotechino Modena); it is not found in modern Italian.

Noun

cudighi (plural cudighis)

1. A type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan.
   • 1999, Michigan Folklife Annual, page 19:

     This was the period when pizza was making its way onto the American culinary scene, and Tino sold cudighis along with pizza as bar food.