pirozhky

English

Noun

pirozhky (plural pirozhky or pirozhkies)

1. Alternative form of pirozhki.
   • 1990, Hubert Butler, “Peter’s Window”, in R[obert] F[itzroy] Foster, editor, The Sub-Prefect Should Have Held His Tongue and Other Essays, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 217:

     At the Gostiny Dvor, the big shopping-centre between the Nevsky and the Sadovya, I ate some pirozhkies, hot cabbage pies, at a stall.

   • 2003, Dorine Trond Kronk, “Reflections”, in Judith H. Simpson, Margaret Lorine, editors, The Kissing Bough, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 29:

     Abigail didn’t think it was too flattering to be called a sweet little pirozhky. After all, pirozhkies were dumplings, and they were like eating heavy lead dough balls to her.

   • 2013, Goli Taraghi, translated by Sara Khalili, “The Flowers of Shiraz”, in The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 111:

     We hurry from Shah Street to Naderi Avenue and burst into Khosravi pirozhky shop. We can’t pass up on pirozhkies.

   • 2021, Amélie Wen Zhao, chapter 15, in Red Tigress (Blood Heir Trilogy; 2), London: HarperVoyager, published 2022, →ISBN, page 134:

     Ana sat down, and it was all she could do not to lunge at the steaming pelmeny dumplings and golden pirozhky oozing with potatoes and minced beef.