delicatessen
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- noun
- /ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/
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delicatessen
- Just the smell is like an entire, like, Italian delicatessen that's next to like, a Mexican spice market.
Examples
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I bought some fresh sandwiches from the local delicatessen for our picnic.
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A big columnist comes into this club without his ball and chain... and you make like a delicatessen counter.
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You know, yesterday afternoon at the delicatessen where I work.
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Here is the delicatessen you ordered.
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I burst into tears, right there in the delicatessen.
Fiction book (2002) -
At the near end of the lane, where the tomcat was eating, one ordinary, unremarkable wooden door shut away the kitchen of the delicatessen.
Fiction book (1996) -
A plate of delicatessen smoked ham and potato salad she had provided to indulge his native tastes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Four of us had been christened the deli crew after we had taken company trucks to the delicatessen during afternoon break and had gotten stuck behind an overturned semi on our way back.
Fiction book (1990) -
On a bin for green cabbage that is being rained on, he has left behind his plastic basket, and inside it are kielbasa, piroshki, and delicatessen items.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the delicatessen, they have a wide variety of cheeses and cured meats.
Synonyms
Ready-to-eat meats, cheeses, and salads sold at a deli
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delicatessen comes from German and French words linked to delicate and delicacy, which mean 'pleasing' or 'special'. So a delicatessen refers to tasty, ready-to-eat foods like cheeses and cooked meats.