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ponchiki

ponchiki is the plural of ponchik.

Meaning of ponchik

Noun

ponchik (plural ponchiks or ponchiki)

  1. A type of fried dough pastry popular in many Central Asian and Eastern European countries, made by deep-frying dough until it becomes puffy, then filling it with custard, jam, or cream, and sometimes glazing the result or dusting it with powdered sugar.
    • Her ladyship was reduced to the pitiable choice of yesterday’s croissants or one of the nine different kinds of rolls, milk breads, sweet breads, scones, pancakes, vatrushki, kalachi, ponchiki, rogaliki and bulochki whose delicious, new-baked smell was wafting all over the house.1967, Ira J. Morris, chapter III, in The Troika Belle, London: William Heinemann Ltd, page 16

Origin of ponchiki

From Russian по́нчики (pónčiki).

Questions about ponchiki

What is ponchiki the plural of?
Ponchiki is the plural of ponchik.

Words near ponchiki in the dictionary

  1. Poncelet wheels
  2. poncelets
  3. ponces
  4. poncey
  5. ponchik
  6. ponchiki
  7. ponchiks
  8. poncho
  9. poncho liner
  10. poncho liners
  11. ponchoed

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