pirohy

P3I1R1O1H4Y4

noun

Czech or Slovak pierogi.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounpirohy pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyCzech or Slovak pierogi.

    Then hurrying to lift a pot of pirohy from the stove, she scalded her arm.

    1978–1979, V. S. Koban, “The Sorrows of Marienka”, in Slovakia, volume XXVIII, numbers 51–52, West Paterson, N.J.: The Slovak League of America, page 123
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    Here, continuing to cope with a foreign language and foreign customs, they reared a daughter and two sons on generous amounts of pirohy, holupky, and love.

    1978 spring, Patricia Krafcik, “The Story of Anna”, in Carpatho-Rusyn American: A Newsletter on Carpatho-Rusyn Ethnic Heritage, number 1, →ISSN, page 2, column 2

    And on Fridays through much of the year, a visitor could go up to St. John’s Cathedral, on Dickson Street, in Munhall, and enjoy, if he wanted to put on the feedbag, a lunch, made by the church ladies, of pirohy, bean and lentil soup, and, of course, the ubiquitous halushky, or portions thereof.

    1993 September, William Serrin, “Afterword to the Vintage Edition: Homestead Is Every Town”, in Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 417

Origin

  1. Slovakpirohy
  2. Czechpirohy
  3. Englishpirohy

From Czech pirohy and Slovak pirohy. Doublet of pierogi (from Polish), pirogi (from Russian), and pyrohy (from Ukrainian).

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APA

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Chicago

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