leffel

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A spoon.

Example Sentences

  • "Many of the documents in Liba’s collection aren’t so much recipes as they are lists of ingredients, mostly in Yiddish. Some of them, like her honey cake, were fairly straightforward to follow — with the exception of the confusion around a cryptic 'L,' which could have meant either a lefl (spoon in Yiddish) or lefele (little spoon; teaspoon)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • לעפֿל lefl

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      lefl, leffl, lefel, leffle, lefle

Notes

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