nova scotia lox

no·va sco·tia lox

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noun nova scotia lox 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. 1

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

1940-45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax

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