ham and beef shop
English
Noun
ham and beef shop (plural ham and beef shops)
- (formerly) A delicatessen.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 14:
- 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.