grissinon.
A crisp bread made in long slender sticks.
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French loafc1350
grissino1853
baton1858
stick1872
breadstick1887
stick loaf1923
French stick1955
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iv. xvii. 338 Crisp grissins,..they make so pleasant a noise between one's teeth.
1906 S. Beaty-Pownall ‘Queen’ Cookery Bks. (ed. 2) xi. iii. 56 Abroad,..grissini are very popular.
1967 H. Porter in Coast to Coast 1965–6 171 The School Matron and the Housekeeper had got crisper and leaner than grissini.
1969 A. Laski Dominant Fifth i. 27 There [were]..sticks of celery and carrot and grissini to dip.
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