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Waldorf salad

[wawl-dawrf]
–noun
a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.

Origin:
1900–05; after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City
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Wal·dorf salad   (wôl'dôrf')   
n.  A salad of diced raw apples, celery, and walnuts mixed with mayonnaise.

[After the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City.]
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Waldorf salad 
1911, from Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where it first was served.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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