Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A person with a sweet tooth.
  

• n. Someone who eats between meals.
  

• n. Someone who is bad at dieting.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• נאַשער nasher
  

Who Uses This

• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).