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lox

1

[ loks ]

noun

  1. a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure Scandinavian lox or a sugar cure Nova Scotia lox, often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.


lox

2
or LOX

[ loks ]

lox

1

/ ±ôɒ°ìČő /

noun

  1. a kind of smoked salmon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lox

2

/ ±ôɒ°ìČő /

noun

  1. short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lox1

First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish laks “salmon”; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax; gravlax ( def )

Origin of lox2

First recorded in 1920–25; l(iquid) ox(ygen)
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lox1

C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon
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Burns: “Well, take it away. It’s like dipping your tongue in lox.”

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Staring down at our pickles and lox, we wondered how the salty, crispy zing of these foods represented the marriage of culture and microbiology.

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Inside, grime music blasts as a pop-up vendor doles out vegan banh mi to shoppers who clutch bamboo toilet paper and vegan lox.

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If I am he, nope, for why should I credit any ideas of a lox who didn’t realize he couldn’t write?

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They ferment overnight, then she boils and bakes them in the a.m. “to enjoy with Costco lox, an excessive amount of schmear and my morning coffee.”

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