knish

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The important thing is that a knish is a delicious little starchy thing and I try not to indulge in them too often!

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

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  • The important thing is that a knish is a delicious little starchy thing and I try not to indulge in them too often! —  Blisstree
  • Others sat under the several white tents, snacking on kosher fare, such as falafel (ground chick peas), knish (potato pancakes) and kishke (beef intestine stuffed with matzo and spices). —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • Sweet, flaky dough is folded around a potato knish-like filling which arrived a little cool at first. —  NYC Food Guy
  • Get up early, tell the cabbie \ "Katz\'s, \" take a ticket, move your tray along, don\'t kibitz with the grumpy counter guy, order an omelet with Jewish sausage or hand-cut pastrami sliced thick - specify lean or fatty - a side order of cheese blintzes or a knish, and, of course, a bagel with lox and a schmear. —  Esquire.com Article Feed
  • This place is known for having one of the best burgers in Long Island, but the knish might be better than the burger. —  A Hamburger Today
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  1. Yiddish, from Ukrainian knysh, probably of Turkic origin.
 

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