rozhinke
Definitions
n. A raisin.
Example Sentences
"Do you think he's brought rozhinkes?" Dan asked, hopefully. "One year the Pesach barrel had rozhinkes..." (Full Harvest by Etka Gitel Schwartz)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
ראָזשינקע rozhinkhe
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
rojinke, rojinkeh, rozhinkeh
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