pum|per|nick|el

pum|per|nick|el
pum|per|nick|el «PUHM puhr NIHK uhl», noun.
a heavy, dark, slightly sour bread made from coarse, whole rye.
[American English < German Pumpernickel (originally) bumpkin; perhaps (literally) lumbering Nicholas]

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