Definition of Pierogi

1. Noun. (North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pierogi

1. a small dumpling with a filling [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pierogi

piercingness
piercings
pierhead line
pierheads
pierid
pierides
pieridine
pierids
pierless
piermaster
piermasters
pierogi (current term)
pierogies
pierogis
pierre robin syndrome
pierrotite
pierrots
piers
pierst
piert
pies
piesesthesia
pieshop
pieshops
piesimeter
piesis

Literary usage of Pierogi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2001)
"ZE MEAN BEAN CAFE 1739 Fleet Street IT 410-675-5999 Inexpensive to moderate Eastern European influences are evident here, with pierogi, ..."

2. The Story of a Siberian Exile by Rufin Piotrowski (1863)
"... and he wound up by sharing with me the national dish of pierogi, laughing all the time at the strong foreign accent with which I pronounced the word ..."

3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"... with a clean table-cloth woven with various designs, and covered with plates. There were eggs fried upon bacon, freshly baked pierogi [cake filled ..."

4. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"... with a clean table-cloth woven with various designs, and covered with plates. There were eggs fried upon bacon, freshly baked pierogi [cake filled ..."

5. The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany (1809)
"... and at any rate, it was absurd to contend, that the pierogi- tive of making militar jr appointments shook be taken from the Crown, ..."

6. Foods of the Foreign-born in Relation to Health by Bertha M. Wood (1922)
"... 'To one quart of strained meat stock add one raw beet, scraped and finely chopped. Heat and, when colored, strain and serve hot. pierogi Two cups ..."

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