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Meaning of haluski | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A traditional variety of thick, soft noodles or dumplings found in many Central and Eastern European cuisines.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Kay bought two bowls of haluski—or cabbages and noodles—a festival staple in western Pennsylvania.”
“Stir in the crumbled bacon, the noodles, the remaining garlic salt, and the pepper, and let the haluski cook for 5 more minutes or so.”
“The church is only a few miles down and across the Ohio from our house, but rarely have I remembered to drive there on Friday mornings, or to swing across the street for the haluski that came from heaven by way of the St. John the Baptist Ukranian^([sic]) Catholic Church. (Fridays were once more competitive than Sundays on Olivia Street, but I hear St. John’s no longer has the people for haluski.)”
“If the water wasn’t boiling hard enough the haluski sank to the bottom and stuck.”
“He imagined a dot marking Olbinski’s, where he’d taken Trish Jaskula on their second date because she said the haluski was just like her grandma’s.”
“Don had the Haluski Special and it had arrived swimming in a pool of yellow grease.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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