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noun
USA small, round, sweet biscuit flavoured with spices such as ginger, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, etc., and typically eaten during the Christmas season. Usually in plural.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Los Angeles Times. From German Pfeffernuss gingerbread biscuit. Compare Dutch pepernoot, German regional (Low German) Pepernööt (plural), Danish pebernød.
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