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pumpernickel definition

☆ pum·per·nickel (pum′pər nik′əl)

noun

a coarse, dark, sour bread made of unsifted rye flour

Etymology: Ger, Westphalian rye bread, earlier a pejorative < pumpern, to break wind + nickel, a goblin: see nickel

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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