knish
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9.1
- noun
- /kəˈnɪʃ/
- US
- I'm gonna grab a knish.
- potato knishes
- eat knishes
- get a knish
Examples
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A spinach knish was used as the bun, and a bigger ball was stuffed inside.
Blog text (27) -
They were fixing green potato knishes, eclairs filled with mint cream, and celery sticks stuffed with green-tinted tuna salad.
Fiction book (1997) -
Attention, the knish man is on the premises.
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The knish man is on the premises.
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How's the knish business, huh?
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The meatball was just as tender, and the knish added a sweet, starchy richness.
Blog text (27) -
Big, giant, golden-brown knishes.
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Order it to go or take a seat at the fine delicatessen, serving up everything from apple pie (chances are the apples were plucked from the farmers' market that morning) to soups and knishes, plus a healthy selection of rare, local booze.
Blog text (24) -
My mother remembered all the children sleeping in a bed in the kitchen at night, wandering through the pushcarts during the day, playing in the streets, and, after they had moved uptown, returning to the old neighborhood to reconnect, shop, chat, and eat knishes and pastrami in the familiar delicatessens.
Academic text (2006) -
Can I get a knish, please, and a Coke?
How Filling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Knish comes from Yiddish knysh, which itself comes from an old Slavic word that meant 'small cake' or 'bun'. So a knish today is a small filled pastry or snack, often with potato, meat, or cheese.