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• Philadelphia cheese steak

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• Philadelphia chromosome

  Philadelphia chromosome Phil·a·del·phi·a chromosome (fĭl’ə-děl’fē-ə) n. An abnormal minute chromosome found in white blood cells in many cases of chronic myelocytic leukemia.

• Philadelphia-lawyer

  noun 1. a lawyer of outstanding ability at exploiting legal fine points and technicalities. A shrewd attorney, adept at dealing with legal technicalities, as in It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to get him off. This expression dates from the late 1700s and, as lexicographer Richard H. Thornton observed: “Why members of the Philadelphia bar […]

• Philadelphia-scrapple

  noun 1. a superior variety of scrapple made with pork shoulder and other cuts of pork rather than with pork scraps.

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