Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Derived from or made of milk or dairy products. Used in the classification of foods according to Jewish dietary law.
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- adjective Containing
dairy or being used for a meal containing dairy, for purposes ofkashrut
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Crisco can be used with both "milchig" and "fleichig" (milk and flesh) foods.
The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil
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It gave a bit of color to the table and added to the decorative effect, but the red bordered napkin was ‘fleischig’ and it happened to be a ‘milchig’ lunch so it had to be removed before the meal could proceed.
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Even if you only do a small part of it, there are the Pesachtic milchig and fleshig dishes to wrap and pack and stuff and then all the normal dishes have to be moved back in.
gillpolack: Passover is over and I am tired. If eve gillpolack 2009
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Even if you only do a small part of it, there are the Pesachtic milchig and fleshig dishes to wrap and pack and stuff and then all the normal dishes have to be moved back in.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009
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We would argue if we should go milchig ("Welsh rabbit", as my punny father called it) or fleshig ("Pigs in blankets").
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006
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My favorite was the 40-somethings who had a thoroughly traditional yet semi-egalitarian Jewish wedding at the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC, with everyone from black hats to hippies in attendance, a great klezmer band, a huge excellent milchig meal including an ice-cream bar, and a beautifully designed 3 pg. program which described everything that was done and why.
My controversial etiquette tip. Ann Althouse 2005
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Her double sink has two drain boards so the milchig and fleishig pots, pans, dishes, and silver never touch each other.
Chicago Reader 2010
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In accordance with the Jewish dietary laws that require the separation of dairy and meat products, she cooks her cereal and boils water for our coffee in milchig (dairy) pans on her milchig stove on one wall of her kitchen.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The hair gets to a lot of people, but I wasn't as moved by that as I was by the suitcases, with everyone's names on it; and the shoes, and how bad a shape most of the soles were in -- real poor Jews; and surprisingly, the hundreds of pots and pans, all in just three colors: red, blue and white, for milchig, fleishig and parve.
tabloid baby 2010
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She eats her breakfast from milchig dishes with milchig silver.
Chicago Reader 2010
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