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deli

[ del-ee ]

noun

, Informal.
, plural del·is [del, -eez].
  1. a delicatessen.
  2. food typically sold at a delicatessen, as cold cuts, salads, and pickles.


deli

/ ˈdɛlɪ /

noun

  1. an informal word for delicatessen


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deli1

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening

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Example Sentences

I finally come across the only thing open tonight at the Taj: a deli called GO, the sort of place you might find in Penn Station.

Then just 8-years-old he saw writing on a deli Billboard that was in Hebrew.

We will become doctors, deli owners, teachers, parents, and maybe even one day, President of the United States.

Just yesterday I claimed a local deli, a small poodle and a Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Buying “fake pot,” then, is about as easy as picking up a coffee at the corner deli.

Thenceforward, if not fully a man, he is at least a mad-cap or deli-kan.

He presently reported himself from Deli, where he was learning the business of a "nutmace" planter.

Our section from Deli Abbas was moved up to take the place of the one that had been engaged, which now returned to Baghdad.

They varied but slightly; the one I went on the day after reaching Deli Abbas might serve as model.

When I was at Deli Abbas ghastly bands of ragged skeletons would come through to us begging food and work.

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