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ham and beef shop

ham and beef shop noun: a delicatessen.

Noun

ham and beef shop (plural ham and beef shops)

  1. (dated) A delicatessen.
    • The night air was passably cool and he strolled through the town at a measured pace, killing time till bedtime. The garage was lighted up, the greengrocer's, the ham and beef shop.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 14

Forms of ham and beef shop

pluralham and beef shops

Questions about ham and beef shop

What does ham and beef shop mean?
Ham and beef shop means a delicatessen.
What part of speech is ham and beef shop?
Ham and beef shop is a noun.
What is the plural of ham and beef shop?
The plural of ham and beef shop is ham and beef shops.

Words near ham and beef shop in the dictionary

  1. halysitid
  2. halysitids
  3. halywercfolk
  4. halzoun
  5. ham
  6. ham and beef shop
  7. ham and beef shops
  8. ham and eggs
  9. Ham and Stone
  10. ham band
  11. ham barbecue

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