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nosher

[nosh-er]

noun

Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.

Origin:
1955–60; < Yiddish; see nosh, -er¹

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nosh (nɒʃ)

—n
1.	food or a meal

—vb
2.	to eat

[C20: from Yiddish; compare German naschen to nibble]

'nosher

—n

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[ˈnɑʃɚ]

n.
someone who is always eating snacks. (See also nosh.) : I don't know of a single nosher who's not fat.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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