cold cuts

plural noun

: sliced assorted cold cooked meats

Examples of cold cuts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among them: eggy chicken salad, fried potato cutlet, chicken kebab and Persian cold cuts. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024 Girl dinner Noun Often attractively presented collection of snacks that involve little preparation, such as small quantities of cold cuts, cheese, fruit, cherry tomatoes, etc., deemed sufficient to constitute a meal for one. Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024 The homemade tagliolini with cacio e pepe with white truffle (at a surcharge of 15 euros per gram) was the standout, but the daily selection of cold cuts and cheeses, or the brittle bread burger with local wagyu beef and genussbunker cheese, also went down a treat. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 May 2024 For example, deli workers would take cold cuts that were nearing their expiration dates and use them in sandwiches for quick sale, until a regulation that required detailed lists of all ingredients in all items sold took effect. Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cold cuts 

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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cold cuts was in 1855

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“Cold cuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20cuts. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

cold cuts

plural noun
: sliced cold cooked meats

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