Etymology

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Today it means: A mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar. Full definition →

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The story

Unknown; possibly related to Japanese 春巻き (“spring roll”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.