Meaning of paczki | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of paczki.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A traditional Polish doughnut.

Equivalents

Examples

“Fat Tuesday is our Mardi Gras, a sort of Polish St. Patrick’s Day, with Hamtramck in place of the French Quarter and paczki (pronounced POONCH-kee) in place of green beer.”

“It is reducible to babkas and pączkis and mazurkas (for Easter), the makowiec (for Christmas), szopkas and gróbs (for Christmas and Easter), and other customs whose content is barely perceived.”

“Also pączki are making a career among Polish-Americans. According to the Polish American Encyclopedia, in 2001 the sale of pączki totaled some $300 million nation-wide (Pula 2011, 350). Pączki Day is celebrated with pączki-eating contests, music and other Polish food.”

“They share advertising, confidential sources, and pączkis on Fat Tuesday.”

“BRIDGEPORT BAKERY is a long-standing, no-frills bakery highly sought for their bacon buns, pączkis, cakes, doughnuts, and cookies.”

“Stores popped up to bake the pączkis that were baked daily but enjoyed the most on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, and on Dyngus Day, the day after Easter.”

“On Fat Tuesday there were pączkis.”

“I’m at the bakery on the Boulevard, pinching powdered pączkis.”

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