hero sandwich

(eg. ancient, origin, hindu )

hero sandwich Meaning of "hero sandwich"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Synonym(s)

cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich

Usage(s):

  1. In New York it is a hero sandwich; in the South, it is known, unheroically, as a poor boy.
  2. An extension of cradling is the hero sandwich: the whole group, often as many as 35 persons, cuddle together in a formation rather like the football huddle, but far more intimate.
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