Definitions
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- noun Variant of
kalamata olive , a small-fruited olive traditionally grown around Kalamata, Greece. - noun A variety of
currant from southern Greece.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling, worrying about my credit-card debt and eating calamata olives.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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I mean no disrespect to those calamata olive breads, sun-dried tomato focaccias, and parmesan baguettes-they just ain't my favorite thing.
Toast: Lindy 2007
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I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling, worrying about my credit-card debt and eating calamata olives.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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So I had a slice of bread, and a few calamata olives, and I started singing “Saved by a woman,” by Ray LaMontagne, at the top of my lungs, while cutting a second slice, and I got a little jiggy with the bread knife, which is new and sharp with squared-off serrations, and I cut off a small dome of my fingermeat.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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I mean no disrespect to those calamata olive breads, sun-dried tomato focaccias, and parmesan baguettes-they just ain't my favorite thing.
Messing With the Bread Lindy 2007
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So I had a slice of bread, and a few calamata olives, and I started singing “Saved by a woman,” by Ray LaMontagne, at the top of my lungs, while cutting a second slice, and I got a little jiggy with the bread knife, which is new and sharp with squared-off serrations, and I cut off a small dome of my fingermeat.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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I mean no disrespect to those calamata olive breads, sun-dried tomato focaccias, and parmesan baguettes-they just ain't my favorite thing.
The Bread Question Lindy 2007
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He knew they had feta and bottled grape leaves, eggplant and chicken livers, phyllo dough in the freezer, fresh spinach in bags, pita and calamata olives.
Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995
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He knew they had feta and bottled grape leaves, eggplant and chicken livers, phyllo dough in the freezer, fresh spinach in bags, pita and calamata olives.
Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995
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He knew they had feta and bottled grape leaves, eggplant and chicken livers, phyllo dough in the freezer, fresh spinach in bags, pita and calamata olives.
Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995
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