Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Beef or chicken intestine that is stuffed with a seasoned mixture of matzo meal or flour, onion, and suet and is prepared by boiling and roasting.
- noun Informal The abdomen or guts.
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- noun A dish made from stuffed
intestine . - noun informal, often plural
Intestines ,guts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In need of a side dish she improvises her famous kishke recipe by killing a wondering alpaca with a makeshift bow and arrow made out of a knitting needle and a lanyard key chain my daughter made at camp.
Lawrence Shulruff: My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series Lawrence Shulruff 2011
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Mort was so crazy about the pilot he wanted me to write an entire season -- and my wife's kishke recipe.
Lawrence Shulruff: My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series Lawrence Shulruff 2011
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Mort was so crazy about the pilot he wanted me to write an entire season -- and my wife's kishke recipe.
Lawrence Shulruff: My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series Lawrence Shulruff 2011
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In need of a side dish she improvises her famous kishke recipe by killing a wondering alpaca with a makeshift bow and arrow made out of a knitting needle and a lanyard key chain my daughter made at camp.
Lawrence Shulruff: My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series Lawrence Shulruff 2011
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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
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I mean, I'm willing to sacrifice my poulkes for some kugel and kishke.
Carin Davis: Honey Cake: The Fruitcake of the Jews Carin Davis 2010
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Zach – perhaps you confusing kasha varnishke with kishke?
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Most New Yorkers realized that the 2nd Ave Deli stood for more than just kishke and chopped liver.
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The reference to Palm Beach is already code, and unless I am deceiving myself, it refers to people who would not be expected to be Obama voters anyhow, but the most interesting thing to me is the yiddishism “kishke.”
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Mort was so crazy about the pilot he wanted me to write an entire season -- and my wife's kishke recipe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Lawrence Shulruff 2011
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