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Gourdbeader San Antonio, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 22, 2009

I am a big Harry Potter fan and there is one word that has been driving me crazy. What is NOSH. Harry's gardian father's sister refers to a meal that she has just eaten and says that it was an excelent Nosh. I am assuming that it is kind of like a roast or something along that line. ????????? Please

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June_Ontario Rosemont, ON(Zone 4a) Sep 22, 2009

Nosh can mean food or drink, or a between-meals snack. I'm an ex-Brit, but I consulted the Oxford English Dictionary just to make sure of the meaning, and was surprised to learn that the word comes from Yiddish.

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Gourdbeader San Antonio, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 23, 2009

Thank you, that makes since to me now since she was complementing her on the meal.Finally. Hehehe
Jan

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MaypopLaurel Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 26, 2009

Yes, I'm from a Yiddish speaking family. A nosh, not capitalized BTW, is a casual reference to a snack. Not a drink. I'd not think of it like the after school milk and cookies either, though that does count as a nosh. A nosh is food that tides you over until the next meal, that late afternoon, pre-dinner snack. Often family members don't want to be accused of having head-in-the-fridge syndrome and will claim they were "just having a nosh", (as in a super-sized Jewish style taste). LOL

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Gourdbeader San Antonio, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 27, 2009

Oh, okay, thanks

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