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noun
A small coin receptacle for charitable donations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Synonyms: tzedakah box
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Yiddish פּושקע (pushke, “tin can, tzedakah box”), from Polish puszka (“can”). Ultimately a doublet of box and pyxis.
