fleysh

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. Meat.

  • n. Flesh.

Example Sentences

  • "There are not a lot of certified kosher restaurants anymore, especially fleysh (meat) restaurants, so if you are near an orthodox community, you will have loyal customers, assuming your food tastes good." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿלײש fleysh

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      flaysh, fleish, flaish

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