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
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
While endeavoring to condense his whole intellect into one venomous point, in readiness for the next assailant, he is interrupted by the entrance of the turnkey with the prison fare of Indian bread and water.
From Dr. Bullivant (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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