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pyshki

pyshki is the plural of pyshka.

Meaning of pyshka

Noun

pyshka (plural pyshki)

  1. A Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.
    • On the corner by the beygal store is an old woman with a pyshka, collecting dowries for orphan girls in Jerusalem: […]1970, Avram Davidson, “Goslin Day”, in Damon Knight, editor, Orbit: An Anthology of New Science Fiction Stories, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76

Origin of pyshki

From Russian пы́шки (pýški).

Questions about pyshki

What is pyshki the plural of?
Pyshki is the plural of pyshka.

Words near pyshki in the dictionary

  1. pysankas
  2. pysanky
  3. Pysher
  4. Pyshers
  5. pyshka
  6. pyshki
  7. Pysht
  8. Pyskowice
  9. pysma
  10. pysmatic
  11. pyson

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