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PUMPERNICKEL

\pˈʌmpənˌɪkə͡l], \pˈʌmpənˌɪkə‍l], \p_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_n_ˌɪ_k_əl]\

Definitions of PUMPERNICKEL

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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bread made of coarse rye flour

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

bread made of coarse rye flour

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

pump'er-nik-el, n. a kind of coarse bread, made of unsifted rye, much used in Westphalia. [Ger., a heavy, stupid fellow, from pumper, a heavy fall, nickel=Nicholas.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

German wholemeal rye bread. [German]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[Ger.] Westphalian bran-bread (so called in contempt).

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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