pirozhki

plural pirozhkis · singular pirozhok · alternative peroshki · alternative peroshky · alternative piroschki · alternative piroshki · alternative piroshky · alternative pirozhky · alternative pyrizhky · alternative perieschkje

1. countableuncountableSmall pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.

   I have found that, at every reception or cocktail party given at our embassy, pirozhki is a favourite, second only to our Russian caviar and vodka.

   1968, Soviet Life, volumes 136-147, Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA, page 15

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   Nica handed Mark a pirazhok. Maybe from the extra excitement, maybe because the pirozhki really were delicious, she swallowed them both immediately.

   2012, Margarita Borkaev, Far Away Run the Roads, Xlibris, page 110

   In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work: and Yefim started on his way.

   1887, Lev (Leo) N. Tolstoy, Nathan Haskell Dole transl., “The Two Pilgrims”, in Iván Ilyitch and Other Stories, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., p 174

2. countableuncountableA single such pastry.