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noun
- 1. a shop selling cooked meats, cheeses, and unusual or foreign prepared foods.
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Shop selling cured meats and sausages, expensive cheeses, caviar, or luxury confectionery
Traditionally, a delicatessen or deli is a grocery that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessens originated in Germany (original: Delikatessen ) during the 18th century and spread to the United States in the mid-19th century. European immigrants to the United States, especially Ashkenazi Jews, popularized the delicatessen in U.S. culture beginning in the late 19t... Wikipedia