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blini
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blini, n. pl. [Russian.].
Russian pancakes of buckwheat flour and yeast, sometimes made from white flour; they are usually served folded over, with caviar and sour cream on the inside; -- properly, it is a plural word (from the Russian plural of blin ) but in America, often used as singular; thus the common plural blinis . [WordNet 1.5]
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