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parkerhouse roll definition

☆ parker·house· roll (pär′kər ho̵us′)

a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough

Etymology: after Parker House, hotel in Boston where first served

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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