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paste (2)
paste up
paste-up
pasteboard
pastel
pastern
Pasteur treatment
pasteurize
pasticcio
pastiche
pastilla
pastillage
pastille
pastime
pastina
pasting
pastis
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pasticcio

pas·tic·cio [ pa stchō, pa stchee ō, paa stchō ] (plural pas·tic·ci [ pa stchee, paa stchee ] or pas·tic·cios)


noun 
Definition:
 
arts literature 
Same as  pastiche (sense 1) (sense 2)


[Mid-18th century. < Italian, "pie, pasty" < late Latin pasta (see paste1)]
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