noun
Etymology
Origin of Indian bread
An Americanism dating back to 1645–55
Example Sentences
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So we felt at ease eating so-called Indian bread, a fungus that grows on trees, and prickly heath berries, which taste like apples, along the trail.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
Aleem Ansari had gone to the restaurant where he worked making rotis, the Indian bread.
From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2019
In the slow-motion video, “The Eternal Gradient,” images of roti, a flat, round Indian bread, stand in for the moon in its monthly phases throughout a year.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
By night Sujitha Rajendrababu, helps her mother make puris, a type of Indian bread, in the compact kitchen of her one-bedroom flat.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2016
Father was very fond of Indian bread which he called "Johnny cake."
From The Bark Covered House by Nowlin, William
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