ענגלישער קוכן

Yiddish

Etymology

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Noun

ענגלישער קוכן • (englisher kukhn) m, plural ענגלישער קוכנס (englisher kukhns)

  1. (neologism) fruitcake
    Synonym: פֿרוכטקוכן (frukhtkukhn)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “fruitcake”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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