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lapshevnik

lapshevnik noun: a casserole made from lapsha.

Noun

lapshevnik (uncountable)

  1. A casserole made from lapsha.
    • At the home cooking table will be such national dishes as paska, pirogi, lapshevnik, piroshki with meat and jams, honey cakes, hvorost, assortment of cookies and booblichki.1942 January 17, “Russian Dainties Featured at Tea”, in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, volume LXIX, number 116, Saskatoon, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8 (The Woman’s Page), column 4
    • Supper Lapshevnik [meat loaf] with curds, half a portion (curds, meal and milk, 25 grams each, one-fourth of an egg, butter and sour cream, 2.5 grams each, sugar, 5 grams).1961 January 27, F. K. Men'shikov, anonymous translator, On Diet Therapy in Atherosclerosis -USSR-, Washington, D.C.: U. S. Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 9

Examples of lapshevnik in a sentence

  • RUSSIAN COOKING— […] Lapshevnik—1, Tillie Novokshonoff; 2, Nastia Novokshonoff; 3, Mrs.1961 September 28, “Big increase in Fair entries—Mrs. Felton is grand aggregate winner”, in The Gazette, volume LXIV, number 39, Grand...
  • The members had merely fallen prey to borscht, pirohi, lapshevnik and a 600-year-old culture.1964 April 10, Jack Moore, “Doukhobors make music; Doukhobors oand^([sic]) borscht”, in The Province, 67th year, number 13, Vancouver...
  • They're so delicious and good to have once in awhile;^([sic]) also lapshevnik, lapsha, vareniki and blintsi.1975 August 22, Koozma J. Tarasoff, quoting a farmer in northeast Saskatchewan, “Borshch, pirogi...and corn flakes”, in Traditional...
  • Whenever the family visited there was always borcht, lapshevnik, pirrahi, fresh garden salads, fruit from their trees and one of our favorite breakfasts, blintsi.2018 August 9, “Molly Bonderoff: July 22, 2018”, in Castlegar News, volume 15, number 32, Castlegar, B.C.: Black Press, →OCLC, page A16...

Origin of lapshevnik

Transliteration of Russian лапше́вник (lapšévnik).

Questions about lapshevnik

What does lapshevnik mean?
Lapshevnik means a casserole made from lapsha.
How do you use lapshevnik in a sentence?
RUSSIAN COOKING— […] Lapshevnik—1, Tillie Novokshonoff; 2, Nastia Novokshonoff; 3, Mrs.
What part of speech is lapshevnik?
Lapshevnik is a noun.

Words near lapshevnik in the dictionary

  1. lapsers
  2. lapses
  3. lapseth
  4. lapsful
  5. lapsha
  6. lapshevnik
  7. lapsi
  8. lapsibility
  9. lapsible
  10. lapsided
  11. lapsiine

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