- a variation of blini.
bliny
Americanplural noun
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blin
singular
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"I wrote serenely, as if eating bliny," he says, and elsewhere picks up an ashtray and offers to have a story about it ready for the next day.
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Wrote Gogol: "Moscow is an old home-keeping person, it bakes bliny, it looks from afar and listens, without rising from the armchair, to the tale of what goes on in the world."
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Anya had never eaten so many bliny in her life.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Dobrynya lurked near the tray of bliny Mama had made, sneaking one after another until Mama approached him.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Mama would make thin, yeasty bliny and then stuff them with cheese, fold them up, and fry them.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Twa gods guides me: the ane of tham is blin, Yea and a bairn brocht up in vanitie; The next a wife ingenrit of the sea, And lichter nor a dauphin with her fin.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2012
Anya’s heart raced, but before she could ask the raven anything else, it snapped up the blin and flew away over the bridge.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
This time when Anya threw blin at it, it didn’t eat.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Then, with huge exaggerated steps, it marched to the blin piece.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Dobrynya just smiled and stuck the rest of the blin in his mouth.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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