blintz

(blints)

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noun

a thin pancake rolled with a filling of cottage cheese, fruit, etc.

Origin: Yiddish blintze < Russ blinyets, dim. of blin, pancake

See blintz in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A thin, rolled blini, usually filled with cottage cheese, that is folded and then sautéed or baked and often served with sour cream.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish blintse

Origin: , from Belarusian blintsy

Origin: , pl. of blinets, diminutive of blin, pancake

Origin: , from Old Russian mlinŭ, blinŭ; see melə- in Indo-European roots

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