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appetizer

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as in snack
a small dish of food served before the main part of a meal Shrimp with cocktail sauce were served as an appetizer.

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“Appetizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appetizer. Accessed 2 Dec. 2022.

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