plural noun
sing. -·tasch· triangular pastries filled as with prune purée or poppy seeds, made for Purim
Origin of hamantaschen
Yiddish from Haman + tash, pocket, pouchhamantaschen
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Noun
- plural form of hamantasch
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Sentence Examples
- Cakes were made of a certain shape to be eaten by the children, which were called, in Germany, Hamantaschen (Haman-pockets) and Hamanohren (Haman-ears), and in Italy, Orecchie d'Aman.
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