nosh

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Their new happy hour, which has been underway for just under a month, showcases both Dino's well-established talent for quelling the need for a nosh and its revamped cocktails list and ample selection of wines by the glass.

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  1. noun A snack or light meal.
  2. intransitive verb To eat a snack or light meal: noshed on a bagel between classes.

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  • Shona, Elaine, and me sat down for a nosh at the MacNeish tavern. —  The Tartan Sell - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 10
  • Maybe there was a slender chance of fitting in a quick hot nosh, though other times I'd called round I'd had to nick what I could from her fridge while she went to the loo. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • When in doubt, go for a nosh, listen to the gossip, feel for a way out. —  dummy 3
  • I ordered a reasonable amount of nosh, mainly butties, soup, bakewells, a battenburg for her because she likes, liked, sweet victuals. —  dummy 3
  • “Right, right.” That was where we left it, we of the good ship Gina , me going to change into clean gear then totter along to the galley for a nosh, Tye strolling to resume his patrol, Blanche staring at her reflection slowly sucking her lips in to even her lipstick. —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
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  1. Yiddish nash, from nashn, to eat sweets, nibble on, from Middle High German naschen, to nibble, from Old High German hnascōn.
 

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