nosher

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Definitions

  • n. A person with a sweet tooth.

  • n. Someone who eats between meals.

  • n. Someone who is bad at dieting.

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • נאַשער nasher

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

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