delicacy
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Winstanley said his favourite Wigan delicacy was an old-fashioned meat and potato pie, "rounded off with an Uncle Joe's Mint Ball".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The debate ended with each candidate asked to reveal their favourite "Wigan delicacy".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
He also told the crowd of a new delicacy he discovered: white grapes dipped in spicy Dijon mustard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Over a dinner of noodles made from fish and sweet-potato powder, a local delicacy, my grandfather’s aged cousin raised a glass of homemade rice wine to me: “Come home often.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
It wasn’t simply that Anning was good at spotting fossils–though she was unrivalled at that–but that she could extract them with the greatest delicacy and without damage.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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