The Only Use of
delicacy
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- …into another section of the control console with the combined result that the Guide started to explain to anyone who cared to listen about the best ways of smuggling Antarean parakeet glands out of Antares (an Antarean parakeet gland stuck on a small stick is a revolting but much-sought-after cocktail delicacy and very large sums of money are often paid for them by very rich idiots who want to impress other very rich idiots), and the ship suddenly dropped out of the sky like a stone.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(delicacy as in: eat the delicacy) something that is rare or expensive -- usually a prized food