pirozhki

Definitions

1. Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
   countable, uncountable
2. A single such pastry.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Nica handed Mark⟳ a pirazhok. Maybe from the extra excitement, maybe because the pirozhki really were delicious, she swallowed them both immediately.”

“I have⟳ found that, at every reception or cocktail party given at our embassy, pirozhki is a favourite, second only to our Russian caviar and vodka.”

“In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work⟳: and Yefim started on his way.”

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