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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
sourdough
 
SYLLABICATION:sour·dough
PRONUNCIATION:  sourd
NOUN:1. Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread. 2. An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.
ETYMOLOGY:Sense 2, from an association with using pieces of sourdough to leaven bread in the winter.
 
 
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