Parker House roll

American  

noun

1. a soft dinner roll made by folding a flat disk of dough in half.

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Etymology

Origin of Parker House roll

1870–75, after the Parker House hotel in Boston, which originally served the rolls

Example Sentences

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can attempt something like the Parker House roll or a Hawaiian roll.

From Salon

Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll.

From Seattle Times

Between recipes for traditional Boston dishes like fish chowder and Parker House rolls were sidebars about suffrage and what the right to vote would mean.

From Salon

Businessmen flashed Rolexes as they loaded up on Parker House rolls.

From Seattle Times

Sauces are erased with the best mop I know: Métier’s heavenly Parker House rolls.

From Washington Post