ענגלישער קוכן

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “are there any other languages that refer to fruitcake as english cake?”)

Noun

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ענגלישער קוכן (englisher kukhnm, plural ענגלישער קוכנס (englisher kukhns)

  1. (neologism) fruitcake
    Synonym: פֿרוכטקוכן (frukhtkukhn)

References

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  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “fruitcake”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN