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n. - A shop selling ready-to-eat food products; Ready-to-eat food products.

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  • Did you know that "delicatessen" is German for "pleasing things to eat"?
  • The first place we see is a delicatessen, which is about my favorite kind of place to eat anyway.
  • I guessed it from his early use of the word 'delicatessen'.
  • The professor has deciphered the word 'Nesseta-ciled' by reversal: it is 'delicatessen' ...
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