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  • noun cardamom bread (sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland)

Etymologies

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Finnish

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Examples

  • The pulla was a sort of shawl to throw over the whole figure, and to be worn out of doors.

    Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

  • 'Moat-cock' would be prettier, and characteristic; for in the old English days they used to live much in the moats of manor-houses; mine is the name nearest to the familiar one; only note there is no proper feminine of 'pullus,' and I use the adjective 'pulla' to express the dark color.

    Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859

  • The word "pulla" already exists, which is usually not an issue, were it not for what the word means: "pulla" is colloquial Swedish for "female masturbation", or "fingering oneself".

    Planet Python 2010

  • I seed dat deyz car wuzza “Cougar” sew I thotted dey wuz gunna pulla joak awn me…

    CATALYTIC CONVERTER - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • ‘Sitikena - chitikena – pulla’ is the other stick and it is thin.

    Archive 2009-04-01 kesav 2009

  • ‘Sitikena - chitikena – pulla’ is the other stick and it is thin.

    Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009

  • " 'You pulla the trig,' a kindly neighbor explains" to the Jewish working-class family in Newark trying to learn how to use a gun to defend itself.

    The Elegant Variation: TEV 2004

  • " 'You pulla the trig,' a kindly neighbor explains" to the Jewish working-class family in Newark trying to learn how to use a gun to defend itself.

    THE NEW NEW YORK TIMES TEV 2004

  • There are always seven baked items served: pulla, a rich, slightly dense loaf of bread; a plain cake; a fancy decorated cake; and four types of cookies.

    Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

  • There are always seven baked items served: pulla, a rich, slightly dense loaf of bread; a plain cake; a fancy decorated cake; and four types of cookies.

    Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

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  • A Finnish sweetbread, sometimes flavoured with cinnamon, seeds or raisins.

    November 27, 2007