Definition of Pirog

1. a large Russian pastry [n -ROGEN, -ROGHI or -ROGI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirog

pirinitramide
piririgua
piritramide
pirl
pirlicue
pirlicued
pirlicues
pirlimycin
pirls
pirn
pirnie
pirnies
pirnit
pirns
piroctone olamine
pirog (current term)
pirogen
piroghi
pirogi
pirogies
pirogis
pirogue
pirogues
pirojki
piromen
piromidic acid
piroplasm
piroplasma
piroplasmata

Literary usage of Pirog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"pirog. — A custom, I believe, still exists in Russia for the mistress of a family to distribute on certain occasions bread or cake to her guests. ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Bekämpfung der Malaria in der Armee. (Russ.) Trd. IX pirog. ... Trd. IX pirog. Sjezd., St. Peterburg, l, 1904, (230-239). ..."

3. Revelations of Siberia by Ewa] [Felińska (1853)
"They are also introduced into the pirog cakes, and are even very good in their ... The common, or every-day pirog, used on fast days, is most frequently ..."

4. Revelations of Siberia. by Ewa Felińska (1852)
"They are also introduced into the pirog cakes, and are even very good in their ... The common, or every-day pirog, used on fast days, is most frequently ..."

5. Eastern Europe and Western Asia: Political and Social Sketches on Russia by Henry Arthur Tilley (1864)
"A monster pirog is a necessary part of the dinner. This pirog, or pie, stuffed with fish, rice, eggs, cabbage, carrots, and various other ingredients, ..."

6. Eastern Europe and Western Asia: Political and Social Sketches on Russia by Henry Arthur Tilley (1864)
"A monster pirog is a necessary part of the dinner. This pirog, or pie, stuffed with fish, rice, eggs, cabbage, carrots, and various other ingredients, ..."

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