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- noun Alternative form of
shawarma .
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Examples
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The hummus and shwarma is really good too, but they should put more meat in it.
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This is celebrated by a traditional dinner called a shwarma, in which a large slab of pressed meat referred to as Charlton Heston is slow roasted, signifying the suffering of the Jews under the oppressive heat of the desert sun.
Ian Gurvitz: Brother John McCain Explains It All For You 2008
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They were told he had been "shot by armed gangs", Amnesty International reported, but sources said his family were told he would be returned as "shwarma" - a reference to cooked meat.
The Guardian World News Nour Ali 2011
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The gyros or "shwarma" as we call them here are so tasty!
Gyros 2007
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Many of the seaside towns which previously had fish and chip shops could offer beetroot soup or pickled shwarma to the new EU boat arrivals.
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Where to eat: For a quick snack, grab a chicken shwarma and one of a dozen or more flavors of "juice," a milkshake-like concoction, at the Fastfood N Juice Centre Mutrah Corniche, 968-2432-0750, where you can dine outside on picnic tables just across the street from the waterfront.
Muscat's Old World Charm Brittany Hite 2011
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At Falafilo, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that sells shwarma sandwiches and falafel, a young soldier in uniform and three friends discussed how to divide Mubarak's wealth among the people.
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At Falafilo, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that sells shwarma sandwiches and falafel, a young soldier in uniform and three friends discussed how to divide Mubarak's wealth among the people.
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We stopped in Maryland on the way home for some kosher shwarma.
I asked Helen Thomas about Israel. Her answer revealed more than you think. David F. Nesenoff 2010
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There were no friendly neighborhood cookouts in honor of the Americans, no restaurants delivering shwarma to the sandbagged walls of their outpost.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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