noun
Etymology
Origin of Indian bread
An Americanism dating back to 1645–55
Example Sentences
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Her mother managed the family’s small Indian bread shop, Monsoon Kitchens, in Gaithersburg, Md., where they live.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
There is the John Paratha, a three-egg omelet topped with bread crumbs to make it crispy and stuffed with mayonnaise, cheese, onion, tomato and coriander salad that is rolled up inside a soft Indian bread.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Aleem Ansari had gone to the restaurant where he worked making rotis, the Indian bread.
From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2019
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
"Here is his dinner pail" one says, "let's look in it" and what did they see but a piece of Indian bread and some butter?
From The Bark Covered House by William Nowlin
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