| 单词 |
pumpernickel |
| 释义 |
‖ pumpernickel|ˈpʊmpərnɪk(ə)l| [G., also † pompernickel (in use 1663); also (earlier) a lout, a booby. Origin uncertain.] Bread made (in Germany) from coarsely ground unbolted rye; wholemeal rye bread: associated esp. with Westphalia.[The name was app. unknown in F. Moryson's time: cf. Itin. (1617) iii. 50 That West-Phalians deuoure..browne bread (vulgarly cranck broat, that is, sicke bread).] 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Germ. II. 80 Their bread is of the very coarsest kind, ill baked, and as black as a coal, for they never sift their flour. The people of the country call it Pompernickel. 1839Longfellow Hyperion ii, The devil take you, and your Westphalian ham, and pumpernickel! 1906Blackw. Mag. May 604/1 It [dhurra] makes a coarse but not unpleasant bread rather resembling pumpernickel. |

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