Citations:baleboste


 * 1991, Jewish Quarterly, Volume 38 - Volume 39, Issue 148:
 * Judith is forty-something, witty, talented and a breathtaking baleboste. Her veal stuffed with lemon and parsley is the envy of her circle.
 * 2005, The New Yorker, Volume 81, Issues 35-42:
 * At one point, during Valli's first date with Mary (Jennifer Naimo), the baleboste who becomes his first wife, she asks why he spells his invented Italian surname with a “y” and not an “i.”
 * 2010, Leo Rosten, The New Joys of Yiddish: Completely Updated, Harmony (ISBN 9780307566041), page 26:
 * When one Jewish housekeeper calls another a baleboste, it is usually with an appreciative “Pssh!,” raising eyebrows, pursed lips, or with an admiring “Tchk!” To call a woman “a real baleboste” is to bestow high praise indeed: it means the honoree is a splendid cook, baker and laundress and, above all, keeps so immaculate a home that “you can eat off the floor”.