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nonkosher

  • a word derived from kosher.
    kosher

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The dish appears in the same chapter as nonkosher oysters and lobster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Their nonkosher Jewish family talked avidly of food and cooking.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Once a chicken nugget has been packaged and prepared, there’s no way to tell the difference between a kosher and nonkosher version or whether it was made from GMOs.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2016

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

Question to be resolved: if a nonkosher enzyme is permissible in honey, should it not also be permissible in cheese?

From Time Magazine Archive