tossed salad
Americannoun
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She also puts an invigorating spin on the style of the mob documentary, of which there is no shortage and which usually amounts to a tossed salad of clips and talking heads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
Turns out, the show’s theme-song meal of tossed salad and scrambled eggs made for a pretty tasty combination.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024
A full meal with turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, artichoke and cranberry stuffing, tossed salad and pumpkin pie will be served in Belltown from Uplift Northwest at 2515 Western Ave. from 2 to 3 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
“If you order a deli tossed salad you put dressing on it and the dressing distributes over 50 percent of it, and you end up stabbing a cherry tomato.”
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2013
There was always some little delicacy, very special and good—foie gras or a tossed salad, pastry bought at Lang’s Bakery just across Main Street.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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