variants
or less commonly kishka
: beef or fowl casing stuffed (as with meat, flour, and spices) and cooked
Examples of kishke in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The kishke at Romanian Kosher Sausage in Rogers Park is stellar, as is the chicken breast stuffed with kishke, sold in single servings or four-packs.
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Aviya Kushner, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
Asteroid City Wes Anderson’s last few films didn’t quite hit me in the kishkes the way that, say, The Royal Tenenbaums did.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 June 2023
Aviya Kushner, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
Asteroid City Wes Anderson’s last few films didn’t quite hit me in the kishkes the way that, say, The Royal Tenenbaums did.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 June 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Yiddish kishke gut, sausage, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish kiszka gut, sausage
First Known Use
circa 1936, in the meaning defined above
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“Kishke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kishke. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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