Something long complex, and possibly tedious. Fr. Yiddish/Hebrew, for "scroll." Certain scrolls are read on particular holidays; it takes a long time, hence the secondary meaning.
I asked for instructions, and he explained the whole manual to me, the whole megillah, from beginning to end. It took two hours.
by octopod August 30, 2008
by Goldstein's Mama September 18, 2024
She kept on complaining about not having enough mustard on her sandwich. She was making such a gansah megillah....I couldn't take it!
by Goldstein's Mama October 09, 2024