pastrame

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A form of pastrami — A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.

Scrabble 12

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nounpastrame (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableRare spelling of pastrami.

    Knockwurst and Pastrame on toasted rye bread, potato salad, hard boiled egg, pickle _ $.85

    1953 February 27, “Danziger’s”, in The Daily Tar Heel, volume LXI, number 104, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 4
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    12 to 16 varieties of lunch meats, 4 types of salads, 7 kinds of sausages, ham salads, baked hams, pastrame, corned beef cured or cooked, olive salad, […]

    1964 May 27, “Purity Market”, in Daily Times-Advocate, volume LI, number 237, Escondido, Calif., →OCLC, page 8, column 2

    FOR YOUR holiday season, KUNTZ’S FOOD MART, 625 South Street Steubenville, Offers you daily fresh cooked corn beef, pastrame, all kinds of delicatessen, as well as smoked fish and a variety of herrings and appetizers.

    1964 December 28, “Special Notices”, in The Weirton Daily Times, volume 37, number 161, Weirton, W.Va., →OCLC, page 17, column 7

    Enjoy your favorite cocktail with one of our delicious, jumbo pastrame, corn beef or roast beef sandwiches.

    1974 January 6, “Poppinjays”, in The Monitor, 45th year, number 158, McAllen, Tex.: Freedom Newspapers, →OCLC, page 14A, column 9

    Courtyard and gallery tables make for a lively atmosphere and the “pastrame” ham and sweet pastries are good bets.

    1989, Eugene Fodor, Sean Connolly, “Romania”, in Fodor’s 89: Europe: A Guide to the Best of 33 Countries, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 912

    THE FFF (February Florida Fund) is growing steadily. We now have the price of one round of pastrame on rye (hold the mayo) and a pistachio ice-cream.

    1991 March 9, Alan Cookman, “One man’s week: A weekly look at the wry side of life”, in Evening Sentinel, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15

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