pastrami
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- noun
- /pəˈstrɑːmi/
- Seth and Marty are eating pastrami sandwiches.
- pastrami sandwich
- pastrami on rye
- beef pastrami
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Watch on YouTubeCantor's Deli is a restaurant that serves pastrami and blintzes and latkes and cream and, you know, cheesecake.
- Cantor's Deli is a restaurant that serves pastrami and blintzes and latkes and cream and, you know, cheesecake.
- Daily Katz and a bunch of fat people eating pastrami.
- We'll talk about Pastrami, Rubens, talk about sushi, all that shit, y'all.
Examples
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Hot pastrami sandwiches.
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The smoked pastrami, piled six inches high, defies any digestive system short of that of a Bengal tiger.
Fiction book (2001) -
So I had a pastrami sandwich with him the next weekend.
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Can I recommend the pastrami sandwich, sir?
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I'd like a nice pastrami sandwich.
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So we sat here and ate hot pastrami sandwiches and became friends.
Fiction book (1994) -
They used to make your favorite pastrami sandwiches, remember?
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The man's whole life, in the end, comes down to a hot pastrami on rye with a little mustard.
Fiction book (1997) -
Alvy then takes Annie to a deli, where she famously orders "pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise."
Blog text (20) -
Can I recommend the pastrami sandwich, sir?
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pastrami comes from Turkish pastırma, which means 'pressed meat' and comes from a verb meaning 'to press'. So, think of meat that was pressed, salted and dried to keep it, and today pastrami is a firm, highly seasoned smoked meat usually sliced for sandwiches.