shashlick

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of shashlik.

   “So tight a canopy does the trees’ foliage make that you can scarcely see the tall buildings – the statues’ heads, too, are mercifully hidden in the leaves – whilst the quieter streets I walked through rang with footsteps and talk that evening, and smelt of shashlick broiling on smoky fires.”