knish
/knɪʃ
/noun
A dumpling of flaky dough with a savoury filling that is baked or fried.Why do you think politicians go around munching on pizzas, knishes and egg rolls on the campaign trail?...
- This means that of an evening I can choose to eat Cuban-Chinese nosh, a Polish dumpling or a Jewish knish.
- We unload more dishes, set the table for yet another feast: salmon, sable fish, bagels, antipasto, knishes, chopped liver… well, you get the picture.
Origin
Yiddish, from Russian knish, knysh, denoting a kind of bun or dumpling.
Rhymes
- statural
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- statured
- status
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- status asthmaticus
- status bar
- status-conscious
- status-dissenting
- status enquiry
- status epilepticus
- statusful
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- statusless
- status lymphaticus
- status quo
- status quo ante
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- status report
- status seeker
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- status symbol
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- status system