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rumaki

American  
[ruh-mah-kee] / rəˈmɑ ki /

plural noun

Hawaiian Cooking.
  1. bite-size appetizers, as chicken livers and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and broiled.


Etymology

Origin of rumaki

First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain; perhaps a shortening of Japanese harumaki “spring roll,” from Chinese chūn juǎn

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