nonkosher
- a word derived from kosher.
Example Sentences
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Their nonkosher Jewish family talked avidly of food and cooking.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
On the coffee table were two pizzas, one kosher, one nonkosher.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2017
“As a general principle, something derived from a nonkosher animal is not kosher,” says Rabbi Menachem Genack, head of the Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2014
Mr. Delman, 50, of Yonkers, was not raised in a kosher home, so when he turned more religious as a young adult he knew what nonkosher delicacies he was missing.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2014
Three months ago, in a desperate effort to maintain Israelis' fortnightly meat ration, the government allocated some locally grown pork to a few nonkosher butcher shops in Haifa.
From Time Magazine Archive
