Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Small pockets of noodle dough filled with ground meat or cheese, usually boiled and served in soups.
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- noun plurale tantum Small
dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled withmeat orcheese and served usually insoup .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Fong shouts out, "kreplach," the Yiddish word for dumplings.
Phillies Zone 2010
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Ashkenazi Jews call them kreplach, which is their Yiddish name and Lithuanians call them kolduny.
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Red Klotz of the Washington Generals and that set shot was the B-ball equivalent of kreplach.
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Matzoh ball, noodles, and a giant kreplach … unbelievable.
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They've modernized kreplach and smoked fish, giving buzz to Bubbe's best.
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She was an old-fashioned Jewish grandmother who would cook for days ahead of time when she knew we were coming for a visit and pile the table high with abnormal portions of brisket and kugel and kreplach.
The fussy eater: meals with my father Ariel Leve 2010
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Johnny would show up at the Sigman apartment most nights around dinnertime to enjoy generous helpings of kreplach, blintzes and chopped liver on rye bread, courtesy of my grandmother.
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Perhaps the coolest thing that's happened lately is that it has become a destination for Russian tour groups who drop by to lunch on such familiar Old World fare as kasha and kreplach.
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Johnny would show up at the Sigman apartment most nights around dinnertime to enjoy generous helpings of kreplach, blintzes and chopped liver on rye bread, courtesy of my grandmother.
Michael Sigman: Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial 2010
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I too have suffered paralysis in a plethora of possibility: belly or Nova, herring or tongue, chub or sable, kreplach or kishke, kugel or blueberry blintz ...
Par Delicatesse 2010
cryptofascistbbq commented on the word kreplach
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
July 3, 2009
bilby commented on the word kreplach
Sounds like a dumpling.
July 3, 2009