delicatessen

Example Sentences

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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

From the pale, shredded stuff in the supermarket delicatessen to my own favorite homemade version that combines cabbage, kale and chard in a vaguely Asian dressing, it all works for me.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 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

She rushed out to the delicatessen store and beguiled the man into letting her open a charge account until Saturday payday.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith