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charcuterie

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char⋅cu⋅te⋅rie

[shahr-koo-tuh-ree, shahr-koo-tuh-ree; Fr. shar-kytuh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries [-reez, -reez; Fr. -ree] . (in France)
1. a store where pork products, as hams, sausages, and pâtés are sold.
2. the items sold in such a store.

Origin:
1855–60; < F; MF chaircuterie, equiv. to chaircut(ier) charcutier + -erie -ery
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char·cu·ter·ie   (shär-kōō'tə-rē', -kōō'tə-rē)   
n.  
  1. Sausages, ham, pâtés, and other cooked or processed meat foods.

  2. A delicatessen specializing in such foods.


[French, from chaircuicterie : chair, meat (from Latin carō, flesh; see carnage) + cuict, cuit, cooked (from Latin coctus, past participle of coquere; see cook).]
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