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pretzel

[pret-suhl]

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noun

a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
a larger version of this, made of soft, chewy bread dough.

pretzel

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a brittle savoury biscuit, in the form of a knot or stick, glazed and salted on the outside, eaten esp in Germany and the US

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Origin of pretzel¹

1815–25, < German Pretzel, variant of Bretzel; Old High German brizzila < Medieval Latin bracellus bracelet

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Origin of pretzel¹

C19: from German, from Old High German brezitella; perhaps related to Medieval Latin bracellus bracelet, from Latin bracchium arm

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Democrats twisted themselves into pretzels trying to find the formula that would finally get them back into the White House.

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�� does pretzel logic mean?

Pretzel logic is an expression used to describe someone's "twisted reasoning."

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