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pastrami

[ puh-strah-mee ]

noun

  1. a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.


pastrami

/ əˈٰɑːɪ /

noun

  1. highly seasoned smoked beef, esp prepared from a shoulder cut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastrami1

1935–40; < Yiddish pastrame < Romanian 貹ٰă pressed, cured meat; a Balkanism of uncertain origin (compare Modern Greek 貹ٰâ, Serbo-Croatian ȁٰ ), perhaps ultimately < Turkish 貹ι, taken as variant of ι, equivalent to ι-, causative stem of bas- press, squeeze + -ma verbal noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastrami1

from Yiddish, from Romanian 貹ٰǎ, from ǎٰ to preserve
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Example Sentences

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Langer said the price increase for egg dishes was temporary and he’s not raising the cost of other menu items, including the deli’s famous hot pastrami sandwiches.

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And back in August, when she was done with her pastrami sandwich at Langer’s, she said she was on the case and already making calls.

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If I go to class early, I’ll get the pastrami from Subway and let that sit in the refrigerator until 1 o’clock.

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When I wrote about Norm Langer saying he might retire and close his Westlake restaurant because of festering problems in the neighborhood, Bass went to hear him out over a pastrami sandwich.

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Bass ordered pastrami on rye and took notes as Langer described the challenge of maintaining a business when customers have been falling away after decades of loyalty.

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