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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Chinese dish of roast duck with crispy skin.

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  • noun A dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, and hoisin sauce and other condiments.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Peking, (Beijing), China.]

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