noun
Etymology
Origin of Indian bread
An Americanism dating back to 1645–55
Example Sentences
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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
Whenever I think of my Aunt Rachna, I imagine her making aloo paratha, a fluffy, savory Indian bread stuffed to the brim with potatoes.
From Washington Post • May 13, 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
We ate salt pork and rye and Indian bread, three times a day, and slept on straw in bunks.
From An Iron Will by Marden, Orison Swett
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