kosher

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  1. adjective Judaism Conforming to dietary laws; ritually pure: kosher meat.
  2. adjective Judaism Selling or serving food prepared in accordance with dietary laws: a kosher restaurant.
  3. adjective Slang Legitimate; permissible: "consolidating noneditorial functions of the papers, which is kosher” (Christian Science Monitor).
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  • The coroner says the death looked kosher, and she's damn good; if she says it's an accident, it is. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2002
  • The woman demanded to know whether the bagels were kosher, the cream cheese was low-fat, and the coffee was from Guatemala. —  chronospace
  • Members of the Jewish community who keep kosher, already struggling to find a reasonably priced restaurant, especially when dining out with large families, are now encountering new hurdles on the grocery shelves.
  • I grew up kosher, and so the idea of kashrut as a high mitzvah is deeply implanted in me. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • I've always been proud of my family for keeping kosher, and I think that's partly because I too conflated religious ethics with moral ethics. —  The Jew and the Carrot
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  1. Yiddish kosher, from Ashkenazi Hebrew kóšer, from Hebrew kāšēr, fitting, proper, from kāšēr, to be fitting, to succeed; see kṯr in Semitic roots.

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  1. Also cosher; Hebrew, lawful.
 

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