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sardelki

sardelki noun: a large, thick, boiled sausage.

Noun

sardelki pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A large, thick, boiled sausage.
    • That the technical processes involved in manufacturing bologna and sausage, canned meat, hamburger cutlets and other meat products be considerably increased and that their output be brought to the following levels: bologna and sausage, sardelki, canned meats, packaged meats, semiprocessed meats...1954, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, volume V, number 42, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, page 17, columns 1–2
    • Mrs. Petrunin had short notice about her guest (her husband simply phoned from the office), but she is most gracious and produces a splendid supper consisting of studen, a kind of jellied meat; small tomatoes from the farm’s hothouse; vinigrette, a salad of canned crab (it looks and tastes like...1957, Joseph E. Evans, Through Soviet Windows, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, Inc., page 19

Examples of sardelki in a sentence

  • The sardelki, my favorite food, had hard skins and tasted better than the usual franks.2003, Lara Vapnyar, There Are Jews in My House, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 144:
  • International Specialties […] • Russian Sosiski and Sardelki2019, “Endlessly Diverse Products”, in Sausage Industry, Verden: VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024, page 5:
  • Sausages and sardelki are also a type of kolbasa.2021, Anna Kharzeeva, “The easy way to determine Soviet social status. Salami sandwiches”, in The Soviet Diet Cookbook: Exploring Life...

Origin of sardelki

From Russian сарде́льки (sardélʹki), plural of сарде́лька (sardélʹka), from сарде́ль (sardélʹ, “sardine, sausage”) + -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix), from Polish sardela (“anchovy”), from Italian sardella (“sardine”), whence English sardel.

Questions about sardelki

What does sardelki mean?
Sardelki means a large, thick, boiled sausage.
How do you use sardelki in a sentence?
The sardelki, my favorite food, had hard skins and tasted better than the usual franks.
What part of speech is sardelki?
Sardelki is a noun.

Words near sardelki in the dictionary

  1. sardars
  2. sardarship
  3. sardarships
  4. sarded
  5. sardel
  6. sardelki
  7. Sardella
  8. Sardellas
  9. sardelle
  10. sardelles
  11. sardels

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