"rangoon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rangoons [plural]
Etymology: Back-formed from crab rangoon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crab rangoon}} crab rangoon Head templates: {{en-noun}} rangoon (plural rangoons)
  1. A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with some specified thing (typically crab).
    Sense id: en-rangoon-en-noun-3YNH8VpR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003 05, Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles, Grove Press, page 10",
          "text": "Instead he orders beef vindaloo, Cantonese lobster with ginger sauce, pork rangoon, and something called salad pizza. He pays for it, eats it, and leaves the cartons in his living room, every inch of which is piled with books.",
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