shashlikn.
/ˈʃaʃlɪk/, /ˈʃɑːʃlɪk/, U.S. /ˈʃɑʃˌlɪk/, /ʃɑʃˈlɪk/ An Eastern European and Asian kebab of mutton and garnishings often served on a skewer. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > meat cooked on skewer
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1925 R. F. Wilson Paris on Parade vi. 163 He gives them..shashlik, alternately spitted morsels of mutton and bacon grilled over charcoal.
1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow xv. 144 I was giving Watson luncheon..and he had to dash away with his shashlik almost untouched.
1960 Guardian 29 Aug. 5/6 I ate..shashlik with retsina.
1977 N.Y. Times 9 May l2/2 An outdoor shashlik stand just off Ashkhabad's Marx Prospekt was pulling in passers-by.
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