3 & 5 for me



On Fri, 3 Sep 2021, 2:09 AM Judy Madnick, <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 12 definitions for the word *COSHER* shared exactly as I
> received them — but only one is correct. Please send your votes by
> responding to the Dixonary group for what you believe are two definitions
> most likely to have come from a dictionary. The deadline for voting is *Friday,
> September 3, 2021, at 6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. *
> http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
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> Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication
> of the accuracy of a particular definition.
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> Good luck!
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> Judy Madnick
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> 1. (Chem.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
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> 2. (Cockney sl., poss. Yidd. der.) - A big eater, a freeloader; perhaps a
> conflation of Kosher and nosher.
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> 3. A low ceiling support beam in a mine.
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> 4. A piece of fabric removed from a garment to fit a narrow part of the
> body, such as the waist or ankle, more tightly.
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> 5. a weighted cane that doubles as a weapon.
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> 6. an attacker for hire [C19 London sl.]
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> 7. Common street food originating during the mid-19th century which
> combines Italian and Middle Eastern culinary elements.
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> 8. Gourd type vegetable, usually deep orange or red when ripe.
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> 9. One who directs seine-fishing from high ground by the sea. Chiefly used
> in the Cornish pilchard fishery.
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> 10 Small stones or gravel given to a hawk, usually to improve its
> digestion.
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> 11. to live on dependents.
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> 12. [Scot. Gaelic football slang] to pass the ball to yourself through an
> opponent's ankles [same as English slang "nutmeg" which may come from
> cockney rhyming slang for "leg" but more likely from the practice of
> deceiving importers by placing some wooden balls in sacks of nutmegs; from
> whence has come the reference to testicles, which gives an alternative
> meaning in football for a particularly nasty foul; this meaning is also
> included in the word "cosher" as used in Scotland].
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