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pretzel

[ pret-suhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
a larger version of this, made of soft, chewy bread dough.

pretzel

/ ˈprɛtsəl /

a brittle savoury biscuit, in the form of a knot or stick, glazed and salted on the outside, eaten esp in Germany and the US

Origin of pretzel¹

1815–25, Americanism; < German Pretzel, variant of Bretzel; Old High German brizzila < Medieval Latin bracellus bracelet

Origin of pretzel¹

C19: from German, from Old High German brezitella; perhaps related to Medieval Latin bracellus bracelet, from Latin bracchium arm

How else to explain the pretzel-like logic undergirding his stance?

Supporters will cheer because he's not turning himself into a pretzel for the right like he did in 2008.

Romney needs to just be who he is and quit trying to turn himself into a pretzel for the right, as he did last time around.

If he stays true to his tweets, pretzel sandwiches will be on the menu.

Weintraub says, grinning his boyish grin and polishing off a pretzel.

She hat haar as prown ash a pretzel,Her eyes vas himmel-plue, Und ven dey looket indo mine,Dey shplit mine heart in two.

When they were out of the yard, and bound along the road, Carl Pretzel threw back his head and began to laugh.

Jo opened the bag, fished out a pretzel and began to nibble it.

Then I saw that the curled pretzel, lying there on the floor, was very like a little coiled-up snake.

Oftentimes a salted pretzel is just the thing, or a salted wafer will greatly help.

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