kokosh cake

noun

Yeast cake of a particular kind, formed by rolling dough about a cocoa-based filling.

OriginHungarian kakaós →
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Meanings

nounkokosh cake (usually uncountable, plural kokosh cakes)

plural kokosh cakes

  1. uncountableusuallyYeast cake of a particular kind, formed by rolling dough about a cocoa-based filling.

Origin

  1. Hungariankakaós“cocoa”
  2. Englishkokosh cake

Hobson-Jobson of Hungarian kakaós (“cocoa”, adjective) + cake.

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Chicago

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