bialy
Americannoun
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bialys
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Origin of bialy
First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok
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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
Both traits are intensified if you have the bialy thoroughly toasted, as the person behind the counter will almost certainly recommend.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
Bagel and bialy sandwiches are available, along with fried knish pastry filled with hot pastrami, sauerkraut and mustard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
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
But among the diaspora of bakers, she found the best bialys on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Bagels, bialys, cream cheese, lox, whitefish — and barrels of pickles, a penny apiece.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2015
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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