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cold cuts

British  

plural noun

  1. cooked meats sliced and served cold

"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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Think about what consumers want when they buy a packet of cold cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

In the end, while promoting a diet focused on fruits, vegetables and whole grains, the new guidelines call for "limited" consumption of meats overall, including cold cuts, and a "reduction" of imported meat.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The weakness in North America came even as prices stayed flat, with volume falling more than 5 percentage points amid weakness in products such as coffee, cold cuts, bacon and Ore-Ida frozen potatoes.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

I bought cold cuts just to have an excuse to make sandwiches with homemade mayo.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

My god, they must have chosen the color of the cold cuts just to punch me in the stomach.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

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