Etymology

chremsel

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Today it means: A fried dumpling made of matzo meal and filled with fruit, typically prunes, and eaten on Passover. Full definition →

Yiddish כרעמזל
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromכרעמזל
  2. English todaychremsel

From Yiddish כרעמזל (khremzl).

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