Parevine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nondairy ice cream. uncountable

Etymology

Blend of parev + margarine, coined by Dwayne Lipinski (of the New York state Department of Agriculture and Markets) in the late 1960s while drafting regulatory standards for nondairy ice cream, which was at the time marketed most prominently to Jews.

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