knish
Meanings
noun
- An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough
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Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish קניש (knish), from Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš).
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