bialy
Americannoun
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bialys
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Etymology
Origin of bialy
First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok
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Harvey Averne begins most days with a bialy and whitefish salad.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
It could be that Bigo was trying to call Nancy a bialy, a holeless bagel, and simply lost his train of biadt.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
“Just to watch me order a bialy and chocolate milk in my English accent was enough to make any observer want to strangle me.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
Any self-respecting New Yorker - I daresay, any self-respecting foodie - knows the difference among baba ganoush, kimchi and a bialy.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
While the 20-year-old California golfer, who now goes by the surname Foreman, ordered a bialy with egg, her gregarious Italian father forged a rapport with the diner's owner and some patrons.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 7, 2011
One of Seattle’s best pop-ups, Loxsmith Bagels finds a permanent home next to the Beacon Hill light-rail station, with baker Matthew Segal showcasing about a dozen different bagels and bialys.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
About a dozen different bagels and bialys will be offered for those on their morning commute.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
One of those restaurants operates only on weekend mornings and afternoons and is essentially Barney Greengrass South, serving eggs and smoked fish in various combinations with bagels and bialys.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
The skinny 28-year-old, with a permanent smile and waist-length dreadlocks, was slinging still-warm bialys smeared with house-made chive cream cheese and lox.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2012
In your own part of the country, in upstate New York, you can go into a Wegmans and there's Ligurian olive oil and bialys and everything.
From Time ● Mar. 2, 2010
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