bagelry
/ˈbeɪɡəlɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I stopped by my favorite north Minneapolis bagelry Saturday to pick up a dozen of the things and when I got home I discovered I had, not a sackful of bagels, but a sackful of I don’t know what. […] I called the lady at the bagelry and accused her of giving me some deformed Parker House rolls."
- "If you’re really lucky, they may tell you of Mendele Pravda, the sailor with a bagel in every port, who set up bagelries in Shanghai, in Africa, wherever ship touched shore."
- "Take it from other probagelers (this is a subject on which there is no room for objectivity) such as Moishe and his fellow workers at a Hempstead bagelry—all loyal members of Bagel Bakers Union Local 338, who have devoted their lives to bagels."
- "In exchange for a monopoly on designer jean stores, Jacuzzi dealers, travel agencies, foreign car repair garages, bagelries, and four-star French restaurants, Pacific Heights had to accept an unlimited number of drug rehabilitation residence programs, after-hours clubs, massage parlors and head shops."
- "Co-owner Peter Ryan learned his craft in the bagelries of NYC, and most of his bosses weren't Jewish either, so he has no qualms about offering such un[-]kosher concoctions as ham and Swiss with mayo and sprouts on a whole-wheat bagel."
- "The area also boasts a wide variety of cafés and restaurants, from casual bagelries to elegant eateries."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰowgʰ-o-sder. Proto-Germanic *baugaz Proto-West Germanic *baug Old High German boug Middle High German boucder. Yiddish בייגל (beygl)bor. English bagel Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English bagelry From bagel + -ry.