What does the word macaroni mean?

Usage examples for macaroni

  1. He stuck a feather in his crown And called him macaroni. – Captain Jinks, Hero by Ernest Crosby
  2. But needful coin on which they had reckoned did not arrive; and they resolved in prudence to sit still at Florence and eat their bread and macaroni as poor sensible folk should do. – Robert Browning by Edward Dowden
  3. That's enough from you, macaroni! – Over the Line by Harold M. Sherman