ענגלישער קוכן

Yiddish

Etymology

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Noun

ענגלישער קוכן • (englisher kukhn) m, plural ענגלישער קוכנס (englisher kukhns)

1. (neologism) fruitcake

   Synonym: פֿרוכטקוכן (frukhtkukhn)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “fruitcake”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN