"gingerbread man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gingerbread men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|gingerbread men}} gingerbread man (plural gingerbread men)
  1. A biscuit/cookie in the shape of a person and flavoured with ginger. Wikipedia link: gingerbread man Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Synonyms: gingerbread husband [obsolete] Derived forms: Gingerbreadman map Translations (cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger): քաղցրաբլիթե մարդուկ (kʻaġcʻrablitʻe marduk) (Armenian), իմբիրից մարդուկ (imbiricʻ marduk) (Armenian), пе́рнікавы чалаве́чак (pjérnikavy čalavjéčak) [masculine] (Belarusian), 薑餅人 (Chinese Mandarin), 姜饼人 (jiāngbǐng rén) (Chinese Mandarin), peberkagemand [common-gender] (Danish), piparkoogimehike (Estonian), piparkakku-ukko (Finnish), bonhomme de pain d’épices [masculine] (French), bonhomme de pain d’épice [masculine] (French), Pfefferkuchenmann [masculine] (German), Lebkuchenmann [masculine] (German), אִישׁ לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל ('ish lékhem zangvíl) [masculine] (Hebrew), mézeskalács-figura (Hungarian), omino di pan di zenzero [masculine] (Italian), omino di pan di spezie [masculine] (Italian), ジンジャーブレッドマン (jinjābureddo man) (Japanese), pepperkakemann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), peparkakemann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piernikowy ludzik [masculine] (Polish), homenzinho de gengibre [masculine] (Portuguese), om de turtă dulce [masculine] (Romanian), пря́ничный челове́чек (prjáničnyj čelovéček) [masculine] (Russian), имби́рный челове́чек (imbírnyj čelovéček) [masculine] (Russian), hombre de jengibre [masculine] (Spanish), hombre de pan de jengibre [masculine] (Spanish), pepparkaksgubbe [common-gender] (Swedish), pepparkaksgumma (english: lady-shaped) [common-gender] (Swedish), มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง (má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng) (Thai), bánh quy gừng (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
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          "roman": "má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng",
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          "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
          "word": "bánh quy gừng"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pepparkaksgubbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "lady-shaped",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pepparkaksgumma"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng",
      "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
      "word": "มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger",
      "word": "bánh quy gừng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gingerbread man"
}

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