knish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish קניש (knish), from Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš).

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knish (plural knishes)

  1. 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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