bagel

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The menu claimed the bun was a poppyseed bagel, and while it was bagel-shaped

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  1. noun A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.

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  • It occurred to her she had gone almost five days without a bagel, and this single fact made her feel truly dislocated. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
  • But the bagel was the worst Chapter   97 TWENTY MINUTES LATER, he was in position. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • I spread cream cheese on a bagel, added a slice of salmon. —  Set Sail for Murder
  • He put two tubs of grape jelly on about 2.5 inches of burnt bagel, and he drank coffee. —  Sock
  • The menu claimed the bun was a poppyseed bagel, and while it was bagel-shaped —  The Food Pornographer
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  1. Yiddish beygl, from Middle High German *böugel, diminutive of bouc, ring, from Old High German boug; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.
 

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