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Date: 1800-1900
Language: German
Origin: pretzel, bretzel, from Latin brachiatus 'having branches like arms'

pretzel

 noun
     
pretzel
Related topics: Food
pret‧zel [countable]
DF a hard salty type of bread baked in the shape of a stick or a loose knot
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