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mashke

mashke noun: alcoholic drink, booze.

Noun

mashke (uncountable)

  1. (Jewish, slang) alcoholic drink, booze.
    • There's a little kiddush, and one of the rabbis may wander around with a bottle of mashke if people want to make a little lechaim, but that's about it.2002 September 30, Jonathan J. Baker, “Drinking on Simchas Torah”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Origin of mashke

Borrowed from Yiddish משקה (mashke), derived from Hebrew מַשְׁקֶה (“drink, beverage”).

Questions about mashke

What does mashke mean?
Mashke means alcoholic drink, booze.
What part of speech is mashke?
Mashke is a noun.

Words near mashke in the dictionary

  1. mashing up
  2. mashings
  3. Mashiter
  4. Mashiters
  5. mashk
  6. mashke
  7. mashks
  8. mashlam
  9. mashlin
  10. mashlins
  11. mashloch

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