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rugelach

[ ruhg-uh-luhkh ]

noun

, Jewish Cooking.
, plural rug·e·lach.
  1. a bite-size pastry made by rolling a triangle of dough around a filling of jam, nuts, raisins, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rugelach1

First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish rugelekh, rogelekh, plural of rugele, rogele

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