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bagelry

/ˈbeɪɡəlɹi/

bagelry noun: a bagel shop.

Noun

bagelry (plural bagelries)

  1. A bagel shop.
    • I stopped by my favorite north Minneapolis bagelry Saturday to pick up a dozen of the things and when I got home I discovered I had, not a sackful of bagels, but a sackful of I don’t know what. […] I called the lady at the bagelry and accused her of giving me some deformed Parker House rolls.1957 June 17, Will Jones, “Buck Up, You Bagels”, in Minneapolis Morning Tribune, volume XCI, number 24, Minneapolis, Minn., page 38
    • If you’re really lucky, they may tell you of Mendele Pravda, the sailor with a bagel in every port, who set up bagelries in Shanghai, in Africa, wherever ship touched shore.1960 October 28, Rachel A. Rabinowicz, “Sure ‘Tis Green Bagels We’ll Be Havin’ On St. Paddy’s Day in the Paddy Wagon Yet”, in National Jewish Post and Opinion, volume XVI, number 10, page 3

Examples of bagelry in a sentence

  • The bagelry just introduced its pumpkin-spice latte and capuccino^([sic]) freeze, and it will have these seasonal favorites through Christmas.2005 November, Shawn Gadberry, “It tastes like fall’s here”, in The Fig Garden Villager, page 9:
  • “The Cookie” is on the brunch menu at this North Loop bagelry, right after a breakfast sandwich, and it makes sense; it’s practically a meal.2023 March 5, Sharyn Jackson, “The hunt for the best chocolate chip cookie in the Twin Cities”, in Star Tribune, page E6:

Forms of bagelry

pluralbagelries

Origin of bagelry

From bagel + -ry.

Questions about bagelry

What does bagelry mean?
Bagelry means a bagel shop.
How do you use bagelry in a sentence?
The bagelry just introduced its pumpkin-spice latte and capuccino^([sic]) freeze, and it will have these seasonal favorites through Christmas.
What part of speech is bagelry?
Bagelry is a noun.
How do you pronounce bagelry?
Bagelry is pronounced /ˈbeɪɡəlɹi/.
What is the plural of bagelry?
The plural of bagelry is bagelries.

Words near bagelry in the dictionary

  1. bageled
  2. bageling
  3. bagelled
  4. bagelling
  5. bagelries
  6. bagelry
  7. bagels
  8. Bagenalstown
  9. Bageqi
  10. Bagerhat District
  11. Bages

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