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sushka

sushka noun: a traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread ring eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee.

sushka: a traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread ring eaten for dessert, usually...
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Noun

sushka (plural sushkas or sushki)

  1. A traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread ring eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee.
    • Нас было двадцать шесть человек — двадцать шесть живых машин, запертых в сыром подвале, где мы с утра до вечера месили тесто, делая крендели и сушки.[1920], Maxim Gorky [pseudonym; Alexey Maximovich Pyeshkov], translated by R[ochelle] S[lavyanskaia] Townsend, “Twenty-Six Men and a Girl”, in John A[lexander] Hammerton, editor, The Masterpiece...
    • And after all, for beer we require traditional snacks: Caspian roaches, crawfish, hard-boiled eggs, not to mention peas, sushkas, black zwiebacks...1966, Translations on Soviet Law and Social Regulations, U.S. Department of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Joint Publications Research Service, page 16

Examples of sushka in a sentence

  • Soviet sorts of baranka-type articles, such as sushkas, can be kept for many months without going stale.1971, Foreign Trade, U.S.S.R. Ministry of Foreign Trade, page 42, columns 1–2:
  • Some of the sushkas, which are thin dry rings of dough were even named after famous writers and poets who showed a predilection for them.1990, “Breads”, in Culture and Life, U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS), page 47, column 1:

Forms of sushka

pluralsushkas
pluralsushki
alternative formsooshka

Origin of sushka

From Russian су́шка (súška).

Questions about sushka

What does sushka mean?
Sushka means a traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread ring eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee.
How do you use sushka in a sentence?
Soviet sorts of baranka-type articles, such as sushkas, can be kept for many months without going stale.
What part of speech is sushka?
Sushka is a noun.
What is the plural of sushka?
The plural of sushka is sushkas.

Words near sushka in the dictionary

  1. sushirrito
  2. sushirritos
  3. sushis
  4. sushiya
  5. sushiyas
  6. sushka
  7. sushkas
  8. sushki
  9. Sushkivka
  10. Sushma
  11. Sushmita

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