parevine
parevine noun: nondairy ice cream.
Noun
parevine (uncountable)
Origin of parevine
Blend of parev + margarine, coined by Dwayne Lipinski (of the New York state Department of Agriculture and Markets) in the late 1960s while drafting regulatory standards for nondairy ice cream, which was at the time marketed most prominently to Jews.
Questions about parevine
- What does parevine mean?
- Parevine means nondairy ice cream.
- What part of speech is parevine?
- Parevine is a noun.
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