Parker House roll
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Parker House roll
1870–75, after the Parker House hotel in Boston, which originally served the rolls
Example Sentences
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If you’re feeling adventurous, you can attempt something like the Parker House roll or a Hawaiian roll.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
There’s a long, lovely tribute to Parker’s, the hotel restaurant, still in existence, where Boston cream pie and the Parker House roll were invented.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
A Parker House roll is split and stuffed with bits of tender lobster tossed with Duke's mayonnaise, lemon juice and tarragon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2015
Just back of the peak is a kind of soft, dented-in place like a Parker House roll, and if you touch it we die.
From Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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