maki-zushi

[mah-kee-zoo-shee]

ma·ki-zu·shi

[mah-kee-zoo-shee]
noun
See under sushi.

Origin:
< Japanese

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Maki-zushi is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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su·shi

[soo-shee]
noun Japanese Cookery.
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi).
Compare sashimi.


Origin:
1895–1900; < literary Japanese: literally, it is sour
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