maykhl

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Definitions

  • n. Food; a dish.

  • n. A treat, delicacy.

Example Sentences

  • "Trdelnik, a Czech/Slovak sweet ice cream/fruit pastry, is a maichel so delicious that we indulged over and over and over again." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y מאכל maykhl

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      maychl, maychel, maykhel, meykhl, meykhel, meychel, meychl, maichel, meichel

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