Pumpernickel
['pʊmpə,nɪk(ə)l;'pʌm-] or ['pʌmpɚ,nɪkl]
Definition
(n.) A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
Typist: Trevor
Definition
n. a kind of coarse bread made of unsifted rye much used in Westphalia.
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- The theatre of Pumpernickel is known and famous in that quarter of Germany. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Besides, George Gaunt and I were intimate in early life; he was my junior when we were attaches at Pumpernickel together. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Are you going to stop in Pumpernickel? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Everybody in Pumpernickel knew everybody. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Politics ran very high at Pumpernickel, and parties were very bitter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I never certainly could hear of its sitting in my time at Pumpernickel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Yvonne