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cold cuts

British  

plural noun

  1. cooked meats sliced and served cold

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The Wall Street Journal talked with Cahillane about prices, war and cold cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.

From Salon Mar. 29, 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

“The outhouse is...well...outside. And there’s some cold cuts in the icebox. Would you like me to heat up some water so you can take a proper bath?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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