Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various highly spiced and salted sausages, made from beef or a mixture of pork and beef.
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- noun A highly
seasoned type of largesausage ofItalian origin, typically made from choppedpork orbeef and oftengarlic , and served in slices. - noun baseball A
grand slam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That's what we call the salami-slicing technique, that one slice of salami doesn't make a difference.
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The Russians would take a small slice at a time via dubious but not too provocative measures until the whole salami is gone.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The Russians would take a small slice at a time via dubious but not too provocative measures until the whole salami is gone.
The ratchet effect/salami tactics Not a sheep 2008
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In a highly critical report, the health select committee said hospitals were resorting to short-term "salami slicing" as they try to find £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014/15.
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However, earlier this month professional bodies condemned the revamp and on Tuesday the Health Select Committee published a highly critical report which said hospitals were resorting to short-term "salami slicing" as they try to find £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014/15.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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His remarks follow a highly critical report from the Commons Health Select Committee which said hospitals were resorting to short-term "salami slicing" as they try to find £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014/15.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Murray Wardrop 2012
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His remarks follow a highly critical report from the Commons Health Select Committee which said hospitals were resorting to short-term "salami slicing" as they try to find £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014/15.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Murray Wardrop 2012
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His remarks follow a highly critical report from the Commons Health Select Committee which said hospitals were resorting to short-term "salami slicing" as they try to find £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014/15.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Murray Wardrop 2012
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In this case the story could mean the word salami means
Schneier on Security 2009
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Then, you roll the sheet up tightly, greasing it with shortening and pulling it taut after each turn, until it’s coiled into a thick spool that we call the salami.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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