knish

knish  (k-nsh)

n.

A piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or cheese and baked or fried.

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[Yiddish, from Ukrainian knysh, probably of Turkic origin.]

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knish [knɪʃ]

n

(Cookery) a piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or some other filling and baked or fried

[Yiddish, from Russian knysh cake; compare Polish knysz]

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knish - (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script turnover - a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling