smörrebröd

plural smörrebröds

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of smørrebrød.

   Scandinavian smörrebröd and fish should be taken with aquavit and lager.

   1955, Raymond Postgate, An Alphabet of Choosing and Serving Wine, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, page 58

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   Bellevue was justly famous for its dainty smörrebröd and encouraged by Hansen’s jolly “Now, boys, just write down what you want, for to-day you are the guests of the first engineer at the Örholm papermill,” we both started to pick out the greatest dainties from the menu.

   1923, H[erluf] Trolle-Steenstrup, When I Was a Boy in Denmark: A Chronicle of Happy Days, Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., page 131

   Back again across the dark campus to smörrebröd and tea, after which a little reading, perhaps, in the newspaper room, a class meeting or occasional debate, study and bed.

   1927, The American-Scandinavian Review, page 83

   I went up to the little ship’s saloon where I could order a light meal of smörrebröd and Schnapps, and went on wondering until Barry appeared, free and alone.

   1939, G[ladys] B[ronwyn] Stern, Long Story Short: A Collection, London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic.; Sydney, N.S.W.: Cassell and Company Limited, page 210

   “WE HAVE the old towers here that look out over small buildings. But in New York it is as if some giant had been playing with huge building blocks and made your skyscrapers.”—Smörrebröd salesman. Copenhagen.

   1949 December 11, Sidney Feldman, “Europe’s New York”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025

   Refrigerated spaces and a special compartment for the preparation of smörrebröd are provided forward of the galley, the entire department occupying a considerable space amidships.

   1956, British Motor Ship, page 78, column 2