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Definition of Delicatessen
1. Noun. Ready-to-eat food products.
2. Noun. A shop selling ready-to-eat food products.
Definition of Delicatessen
1. n. pl. Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies.
Definition of Delicatessen
1. Noun. (plurale tantum) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods. ¹
2. Noun. (context: singular noun) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delicatessen
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delicatessen
Literary usage of Delicatessen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Heanry Vizetelly (1879)
"... AND delicatessen-KELLER. "/~T"*HE Germans," observes old Michel Montaigne, "drink
X almost indifferently of all wines and liquors with delight; ..."
2. Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living by Henry Theophilus Finck (1913)
"... and in the German ports not only the European delicatessen, but those which
the sister boats bring from Oriental countries. I once gained eight pounds ..."
3. San Francisco-Oakland Directory (1907)
"... delicacies, 1190 Market, SF First Avenue delicatessen and Bakery, 734 1st av, SF,
... 1313 Point Lobos av, SF Gunsolus SS, delicatessen and bakery, ..."
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