pirozhky

plural pirozhkies

1. alternativeAlternative form of pirozhki.

   In the Baltic region, people serve pirozhky only with a clear bouillon, never with borshch.

   1967, Barbara Norman, “Garnishes and Side Dishes for Soups”, in The Russian Cookbook […], New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78

   4 more examples

   At the Gostiny Dvor, the big shopping-centre between the Nevsky and the Sadovya, I ate some pirozhkies, hot cabbage pies, at a stall.

   1990, Hubert Butler, “Peter’s Window”, in R[obert] F[itzroy] Foster, editor, The Sub-Prefect Should Have Held His Tongue and Other Essays, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 217

   Abigail didn’t think it was too flattering to be called a sweet little pirozhky. After all, pirozhkies were dumplings, and they were like eating heavy lead dough balls to her.

   2003, Dorine Trond Kronk, “Reflections”, in Judith H. Simpson, Margaret Lorine, editors, The Kissing Bough, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 29

   We hurry from Shah Street to Naderi Avenue and burst into Khosravi pirozhky shop. We can’t pass up on pirozhkies.

   2013, Goli Taraghi, translated by Sara Khalili, “The Flowers of Shiraz”, in The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 111

   Ana sat down, and it was all she could do not to lunge at the steaming pelmeny dumplings and golden pirozhky oozing with potatoes and minced beef.

   2021, Amélie Wen Zhao, chapter 15, in Red Tigress (Blood Heir Trilogy; 2), London: HarperVoyager, published 2022, →ISBN, page 134