pampushok

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A form of pampushka — A small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounpampushok (plural pampushky)

plural pampushky

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pampushka.

    His mother gave the boys coins and pampushky for their efforts. Each boy ate his pampushok then and there and gave the coins to Roman to put in the sack.

    2009, Gloria Siers, “Christmas”, in Once There Was and Will Never Be Again, Mount Pleasant, Mich.: Autumnberry Hill, →ISBN, page 132
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    The wonderful fragrance of the pampushky still brings back memories of working alongside my favorite Baba. […] Place the side of the pampushok that was on the board into oil first.

    1997, Christine Pakush Vaughan, “Pampushky: Pastry Puff”, in Joanne Alfonso Pizarro, Coming Home, Fredericksburg, Va.: Igloo Publishing, →ISBN, page 195, column 2

    How Much is That Doggie in the Window - give everybody a pampushok, stand in a semi circle holding the piece of bread near the floor. Let in a dog (a friendly hungry one is usually best), and the holder of the first pampushok that the dog eats will have good luck for the next year. Everyone else gets to eat their pampushky.

    1997 November, Lisa McDonald, “Celebrate Andriivsky Vechir with traditional pagan rituals”, in Student, volume 44, number 2, Toronto, Ont.: Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 5, column 1

    Pampushky (Filled Sweet Buns) “Pampushky are a wonderful dessert any time of the year. You can fill them with your favourite fruits like cherries, blueberries or Saskatoon berries. The traditional fillings are poppy seed and prune, but my family also enjoys poppy seed with raisin.” — Zonnia Ostopowich, Edmonton, Alberta […] 1 pampushok: 72 Calories; 4.1 g Total Fat; 35 mg Sodium; 1 g Protein; 8 g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fibre

    2007 October, Cooking at Home: The Magazine Recipe Collection, collector’s edition, Edmonton, Alta.: Company’s Coming Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 40, columns 1 and 3

Origin

  1. Ukrainianпампу́шок
  2. Englishpampushok

From Ukrainian пампу́шок (pampúšok).

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