Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly seasoned smoked cut of beef, usually taken from the shoulder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
seasoned smoked cut ofbeef
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun highly seasoned cut of smoked beef
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They don't exclude anybody and the pastrami is better.
Alan Dershowitz: Why I Won't Join The Harvard Club in New York Alan Dershowitz 2010
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They don't exclude anybody and the pastrami is better.
Alan Dershowitz: Why I Won't Join The Harvard Club in New York Alan Dershowitz 2010
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Serve with a big honkin 'pastrami sandwich on rye, easy on the mustard.
Meathead Goldwyn: No Fuss Kosher Dill Pickled Green Tomatoes Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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Serve with a big honkin 'pastrami sandwich on rye, easy on the mustard.
Meathead Goldwyn: No Fuss Kosher Dill Pickled Green Tomatoes Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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They don't exclude anybody and the pastrami is better.
Alan Dershowitz: Why I Won't Join The Harvard Club in New York Alan Dershowitz 2010
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Serve with a big honkin 'pastrami sandwich on rye, easy on the mustard.
Meathead Goldwyn: No Fuss Kosher Dill Pickled Green Tomatoes Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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The pastrami is a pretty low quality (i.e. you get what you pay for)
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The pastrami is great, and they put it on a roll with a lot of olives and onions and relish.
It's Like This, Cat 1963
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While Carnegie is a tourist trap, Katz's is still a worthwhile visit for the pastrami, which is of a quality unmatched by anywhere else in Manhattan.
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The pastrami was a little on the dry side, I put some regular yellow mustard to add some moisture, and was sort of lukewarm.
Canter's Deli Unitas We Stand 2006
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