delicatessen
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An early job washing dishes at a delicatessen piqued her interest in cooking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Shortly after noon, customers continued to stream in and out of the delicatessen during the lunchtime rush.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
The alleged illegal activities came to light in 2021, when media reports surfaced that Hometown International, whose sole asset was a delicatessen in Paulsboro, New Jersey, had a valuation of about $100 million.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Shumana Palit is a wine specialist and the owner of Ultracomida, a delicatessen and wine merchant with stores in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and Narberth in Pembrokeshire.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2022
He rode the ten-dollar bills back to where he’d found them, counted a dollar from his own wallet to pay for the sandwiches, dropped it in the delicatessen till, and added a quarter tip.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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