Salame

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of salami. alt-of, alternative

    "Travellers, they say, come very unexpectedly, and for long intervals not at all; so that, excepting at the times of arrival of the Diligences, they seldom have food in the house beyond such as they now set on the table, namely, eggs and salame (or ham sausage), a plate of good trout, and an indifferent steak, […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Arabic.

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Example

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"Travellers, they say, come very unexpectedly, and for long intervals not at all; so that, excepting at the times of arrival of the Diligences, they seldom have food in the house beyond such as they now set on the table, namely, eggs and salame (or ham sausage), a plate of good trout, and an indifferent steak, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian salame.

Etymology 2

Lebanese variant of Salama.

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