salame

Definition

Alternative form of salami.

Etymology

From Italian salame.

Example Sentences

• "Travellers, they say, come very unexpectedly, and for long intervals not at all; so that, excepting at the times of arrival of the Diligences, they seldom have food in the house beyond such as they now set on the table, namely, eggs and salame (or ham sausage), a plate of good trout, and an indifferent steak, […]"
• "“Let us go to the cantina,” Gorgio said. “We can pay there for a piece of salame.” […] “Eat salame,” said Gorgio. “The other stuff is too old.”"
• "Taking advantage of the stops the train made at San Giorgio di Piano or at San Pietro in Casale, we took it in turns to jump down and buy something to eat at the station bars: rolls newly filled with raw salame, chocolate with almonds that tasted of soap, half-mouldy Osvego biscuits. […] I got a piece of salame from the pantry, some stale bread, some cheese rinds . . . you should have seen the appetite she put it all away with!"