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  • noun See pretzel.

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  • noun Dated form of pretzel.

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Examples

  • Pretzel ( "bretzel") for Bush this French site is soliciting donations to send the president a lot of pretzels (for charity) .... posted by liz at

    Archive 2003-03-01 liz donovan 2003

  • Pretzel ( "bretzel") for Bush this French site is soliciting donations to send the president a lot of pretzels (for charity) .... posted by liz at

    Behind the News liz donovan 2003

  • Along with the cupcakes (und schnapps?), I think we owe Betsy a big fat bretzel brochen.

    Hands Across the Wire Roger Sutton 2008

  • Ever since I made bretzel rolls (something I just learned are actually called Laugenbrötchen, such a cooler name) in October, I have been looking for excuses to do so again (and not leave them to stale and condensate in a plastic bag this time).

    miniature soft pretzels | smitten kitchen 2007

  • The recipe barely differs from the bretzel one in proportions, though a less-speedy yeast, less glutinous flour and slightly more salt and sugar are used.

    miniature soft pretzels | smitten kitchen 2007

  • There is rarely a dish, from strawberry tarts to banana bread, raspberry-filled sandwich cookies to bretzel rolls that he does not insist could be improved by the addition of chocolate.

    brownie mosaic cheesecake | smitten kitchen 2007

  • “Perfect” is always some approximation of an ideal that got etched in my tastebuds in some other time and place — there’s salted butter caramel (Paris), bretzel rolls (a Fresh Direct discovery), frisee with poached eggs (Balthazar, 2003) and one day soon, those truffles from La Maison du Chocolat, as my wee Valentine’s Day supply has rapidly diminished.

    vegetable dumplings | smitten kitchen 2007

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