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  • noun Plural form of delicatessen.

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Examples

  • Over the centuries, Jews also have quarreled vigorously among themselves about just how Jewish they should be, variously embracing Yiddish newspapers and theater, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, delicatessens, Jewish summer camps, and bar and bat mitzvahs.

    American Jews' Story Told in a New Home Julia M. Klein 2011

  • … In addition to his numerous law review articles and books about criminal and constitutional law, he has written, taught and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports — and even delicatessens.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog 2009

  • The last decade has been deadly for New York's vintage diners and delicatessens, as a steady parade of generations-old eateries have closed or moved to the suburbs.

    Lore of Old New York 2011

  • … In addition to his numerous law review articles and books about criminal and constitutional law, he has written, taught and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports — and even delicatessens.

    Daily Record--Legal Currents Column 2009

  • … In addition to his numerous law review articles and books about criminal and constitutional law, he has written, taught and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports — and even delicatessens.

    Rethinking What It Means to be a Lawyer 2009

  • Ah, it's picnic time of year again: an excuse, for the lazy "spontaneous" among us to empty our wallets on the counters of fancy delicatessens in order to furnish the impromptu "al fresco feasts" the media demands of us.

    How to cook perfect quiche lorraine 2011

  • Vigorously gentrified, this is a fertile locale these days, full of delicatessens, non-chain coffee shops and men in sockless sandals whatever the weather.

    'I've got my weekends back!' 2011

  • Before the 1970s, it was difficult to purchase Elizabeth David's more "exotic" ingredients like anchovies or aubergines outside of Soho delicatessens or the food shops off Tottenham Court Road.

    A culinary nativity with Jamie, Hugh and Lorraine | Joe Moran 2011

  • The Wegmans grocery in Fairfax, with its steepled clock tower and stone retaining walls, looms like a medieval cathedral above the spiraling suburban sprawl; a cathedral of consumption, with its bakers, butchers, cafes, international buffets, delicatessens and short-order cooks.

    Uncorked: Telling the difference between fine wine and Two Buck Chuck Tom Shroder 2010

  • … In addition to his numerous law review articles and books about criminal and constitutional law, he has written, taught and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports — and even delicatessens.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog: 2009

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