cold cuts.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/30/2010 11:57 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>After my family had moved North from Texas, my sense of surprise was
>exactly the opposite of yours! ;-)
>... "Cold cuts" are a
>medley of slices from various kinds of sausages? I declare!\

I declare -- but perhaps from further North than Wilson -- that cold
cuts are more than slices from sausages.  I include ham, corned beef,
pastrami, etc.  (And they required the presence of cheese.)  As does
the OED (except for the cheese).

Joel

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