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nonkosher

nonkosher adjective: not kosher.

Adjective

nonkosher (not comparable)

  1. Not kosher.
    • Admirers of Israel’s kosher and nonkosher wines need the 2007 edition of “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines” (Toby Press, $19.95).2007 January 14, Howard G. Goldberg, “A Tour of Israel, Bottle by Bottle”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
    • Remember kosher wine gets you just as drunk as the nonkosher stuff; so chug away, fellow Jews, chug away.2010, Carin Davis, Life, Love, Lox: Real-World Advice for the Modern Jewish Girl

Origin of nonkosher

From non- + kosher.

Questions about nonkosher

What does nonkosher mean?
Nonkosher means not kosher.
What part of speech is nonkosher?
Nonkosher is an adjective.

Words near nonkosher in the dictionary

  1. nonknitted
  2. nonknowable
  3. nonknowledge
  4. nonknowledges
  5. nonkoranic
  6. nonkosher
  7. nonlab
  8. nonlabeled
  9. nonlabeling
  10. nonlabelled
  11. nonlabelling

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