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Electroneon Posted 19 years ago
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nosh pot

0 "We need a label brimming with health. And everything from a 01font01b00nosh pot02b02font00 to a white sliced will wear one with pride."02br
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00Could you help with above. Thanks. 050010id1
  

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0 "nosh" - food02br
00"pot" - container02br
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00A food container - could be a casserole, pan, bowl - anything.0-
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0 Thanks, Feebs11.02br
00So I assume it might be another expression for canned food?0-
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0 No. More like "serving bowl". But the expression itself is figurative: "everybody from high class people to low class people" is what "from nosh pot to white sliced" means.02br
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00 After reading more, I think it's "every product from expensive to cheap". See my post below.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00"We need a label brimming with health. And everything from a01font00 01b00nosh pot02b02font00 to a white sliced will wear one with pride."02font02br
00Context is definitely needed here.02br
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00As I said, some context would clarify the meaning here.12blockquote
10Not really! I looked up the whole passage on Google, and it's filled with so much jargon and so many specific cultural references (British, I think) that I found it somewhat difficult to decipher. I think Nosh Pot is a chain of pricey restaurants in Britain (but I
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0 Yes - the passage is indeed saying that provided you get your label/marketing right, you will sell anything well, from the best luxury item to the most mundane daily one. The "nosh pot" is merely a colloquialism for a cooking dish.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00So, if I'm lucky I can nosh lunch with a sexpot at a Nosh Pot?02br
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0Yeah - way to go!050010id4
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0 I think Feebs's smiley is alluding to the fact that 'nosh' can also have an oral *** connotation. Sorry to lower the tone! 0-
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0 Thank you for your help. 02br
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01b05202b00: Let me try and clarify some of this for you. Best Company Supermarkets are not interested in selling wholesome foods. They are not worried about the nation's health. What is concerning them, is that the nation appears to be getting worried about its health, and that i

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