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scandinavian lox

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lox

1[loks]
–noun
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox), often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.

Origin:
1940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; cf. MHG, OHG lahs, c. OE leax, ON lax
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