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Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
But that lox in New York, yeah.
—Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
Breakfast items include made-to-order omelets served with roasted potatoes, bacon-egg-and-cheese on a bagel, and their popular homemade lox and cream cheese with capers and dill.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Prepared-to-order dishes for $12 extra include a choice of avocado toast, a lox plate, and four versions of eggs Benedicts.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Emma and Kim’s dog, who stays with me from time to time, is also named Nova (for lox, not an exploding star).
—Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
But that lox in New York, yeah.
—Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
Breakfast items include made-to-order omelets served with roasted potatoes, bacon-egg-and-cheese on a bagel, and their popular homemade lox and cream cheese with capers and dill.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Prepared-to-order dishes for $12 extra include a choice of avocado toast, a lox plate, and four versions of eggs Benedicts.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Lox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lox. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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lox
1 of 2 noun
: liquid oxygen
lox
2 of 2 noun
plural lox or loxes
: salmon that has been cured in brine and sometimes smoked
Etymology
Noun
liquid oxygen
Noun
from Yiddish laks "lox," from an old German word lahs "salmon"
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