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babka (bäb′kə)

noun

a light, sweet, usually cylindrical cake raised with yeast and containing raisins, often glazed and flavored with rum

Etymology: Pol dim. of baba, lit., old woman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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