Definitions
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- noun A flat
bread roll , eithercrisp orchewy , somewhat similar to abagel
Etymologies
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Yiddish פּלעצל (pletsl, "small bread")
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Examples
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This is the delicatessen, circa 2011: beautiful and earnest young people in architect eyeglasses sipping wine and eating chopped liver on pletzel like a canapé.
NYT > Home Page By LIGAYA MISHAN 2011
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This is the delicatessen, circa 2011: beautiful and earnest young people in architect eyeglasses sipping wine and eating chopped liver on pletzel like a canapé.
NYT > Home Page By LIGAYA MISHAN 2011
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The most satisfying main course by far is the roast chicken with pletzel stuffing and mushrooms for two.
NYT > Home Page By PETE WELLS 2012
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