Pretzel/Bretzel (1843)

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(OED)
pretzel, bretzel
1. A crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot and  flavoured with salt; used 
esp. by Germans as a relish with beer. Also  fig. and attrib.  
1856  [see _BLUTWURST_ 
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=pretzel&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha&xrefwo
rd=blutwurst) ].  1857  _C. KINGSLEY_ 
(http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-k.html#c-kingsley)  Two Yrs. Ago III. ix. 271 After  him came..like in 
Struwelpeter, Caspar, bretzel in hand. 1858  Harper's Mag. Aug. 327/1 Eating  pretzels 
and drinking what is here called bière de Bavière. 1889  Harper's Mag. Apr. 
692/1 The  German beer-houses, with their baskets of ‘pretzel’, are more 
frequent as we  approach the commercial quarters. 
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The  Pathfinder (1843-1843). New York: Mar 18, 1843. p. 53 (2 pages) 
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At Fastnacht, or carnival, they make what they call  Fassen-bretzel, or 
Fasching-pratvel. It is like a serpent with two heads rolled  into a circle; which 
is eaten in families during that time, and is a sort of  unleavened bread.