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Old 12-04-2018, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Doro22 View Post
Love this thread: funny, interesting and educational. My husband’s family...Italian from Boston use the term “gunawatsoo”. (Sp. - ?). When referring to a tea towel or dish towel. “Hand me that gunawatsoo so I can wipe down the counter.” Has anyone else ever heard this term.

I'm from Brooklyn with a very heavy Italian influence via ex-in-laws, but that's a new one on me. You reminded me of another that I heard frequently:

"Scolapasta" but pronounced skoolabast -- It was Italian for colander.
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