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salami

UK/səˈlɑːmi/British, Southern, Standard/səˈlɑːmɪj/US/ˌsəˈlɑmi/Australia/səˈlɐːmi/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableA large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
  2. countableuncountableball gamesA grand slam.
  3. countableslanguncountableThe penis.

    To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history.

    2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101

In a sentence

To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history.

2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101

Where it comes from

  1. Latinsal
  2. Italiansalami
  3. Englishsalami

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

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