Bialystokn.

Brit.

/bɪˈɑːlᵻstɒk/, U.S.

/biˈɑlᵻˌstɑk/

Forms: 1900s– Bialystock, 1900s– Bialystok.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Białystok.

Etymology: < the name of Białystok (see bialy n.). Compare bialy n., and also Yiddish Bialystoker kukhen Bialystok roll, literally ‘Bialystok cake’.

U.S. regional (New York City).

I. Compounds.

1. Bialystok roll n. now rare a chewy bread roll having a circular indentation filled with finely chopped onion; = bialy n.Bialystok rolls were brought to the United States by Jewish bakers emigrating from the Polish city of Bialystok; they are similar to bagels but have a circular indention instead of a hole in the centre and are not boiled before baking.

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Bialystok1960

1951 N.Y. Times 17 Dec. 1/6 Substitutes such as toasted seeded rolls, Bialystok rolls, which have a depressed center sprinkled with onions, and egg bagels,..were being thrown into the bagel void.

1995 A. Abel Flatbush Odyssey v. 255 My mother commandeered the table at the rear, and sat there behind her sunglasses, nibbling at a toasted Bialystok roll.

II. Simple uses.

2. A chewy bread roll having a circular indentation filled with finely chopped onion; a Bialystok roll (see sense 1). rare.

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