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kishke
or kish·ka
[ kish-kuh ]
noun
- Also called stuffed der·ma [stuhft, , dur, -m, uh]. Jewish Cooking. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kishkes, Slang. the innermost parts; guts.
kishke
/ ˈkɪʃkə /
noun
- a beef or fowl intestine or skin stuffed with flour, onion, etc, and boiled and roasted
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kishke1
1935–40; < Yiddish < Slavic; compare Polish kiszka sausage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kishke1
Yiddish: gut, probably from Russian kishka
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Example Sentences
She would make kishke in mushroom sauce, and corned beef with mustard.
From Washington Post
And plant-based sausages remind me of kishke, a traditional Jewish and Eastern European sausage made with beef and bread or grains, in a very good way.
From New York Times
“He and I are the same piece of kishke, as my grandmother used to say.”
From The New Yorker
“He led from his kishkes,” said Gary Rosenblatt, editor and publisher of The Jewish Week newspaper, using the Yiddish word for guts.
From New York Times
Evidence can unmask ignorance; analysis can debunk deception; and sometimes a pun or a snort can kick a candidate or a correspondent in the kishkes.
From Salon
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