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delicatessen

[del-i-kuh-tes-uhn] / ˌdɛl ɪ kəˈtɛs ən /


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“Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda with a crunchy delicatessen hot dog and round potato knish. Runner up: anything with a chocolate egg cream made with whole milk and Fox’s U-Bet syrup.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her three siblings have already emigrated, and she is considering shutting down her small delicatessen to follow them abroad.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Across the corner from us was Langer’s, whose owner made national news in 2024 when he vowed to close his famed delicatessen if MacArthur Park didn’t improve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Bunty Singh, who owns a local café and delicatessen, said he had no issue with anyone flying a national flag but also insisted there were no problems with immigration in Bridge of Weir.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

I did not see a proper butcher around, so I went into a delicatessen, a type of shop I had never encountered until I went to Johannesburg.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana began their career playing gigs at local delicatessens with their parents.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

They’ve recently embraced a unique kind of street style — one that’s emblazoned with logos of famous delicatessens and their most popular offerings, like knishes, pastrami, pickles and bagels.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

Learn how to roll with the best in an afternoon lesson from the sfogline of La Salumeria, one of the city’s best delicatessens.

From National Geographic ● Apr. 17, 2023

Before he moved in the late 1960s to San Francisco, where he started acting at the American Conservatory Theater, he worked as a counterman at several New York delicatessens.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Through personal letters to desirable shops, delicatessens, boarding-houses, colleges, etc.

From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray


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