torta

Borrowed from Tagalog torta, from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.

A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.


melt

en-verb

melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or molten)

melts (present singular third-person)
melting (participle present)
melted (past)
molt (past rare)
melted (participle past)
molten (participle past)
melt (infinitive)

From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).

I melted butter to make a cake.

When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

اِنْصَهَرَ

intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid

أَذَابَ

transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid


melt

en-noun

melt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)

The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

I recently asked a group of people whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.

2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiot's guide to 20-minute meals:

A mass of herring melts, tinged with the streams of claret, had fallen into his hair, and this, added to his temporary stupor, had led to the Doctor's mistake.

1825, Lochandhu: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, page 28:

Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.


sarnie

From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.

suffix

perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">sandwich</i>

Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?

With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.

1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:

In fact no one was playing bingo, 10p or otherwise. Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.

2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 7:

Just like Marple, there's a plaque at the London terminus [Paddington] commemorating a fictional character - a polite, friendly little bear from darkest Peru who has a penchant for marmalade sarnies.

2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:


sandwich

en-verb

sandwich (third-person singular simple present sandwiches, present participle sandwiching, simple past and past participle sandwiched)

sandwiches (present singular third-person)
sandwiching (participle present)
sandwiched (participle past)
sandwiched (past)

[ˈsæmˌwɪt͡ʃ]

[ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ]

Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).

They sandwiched her, the footballer at her back, his dick tucked into the perfect seam of her ass as he fingered her pussy while the shorter, leaner, covered-in-tattoos Monsieur Artiste kissed her and pinched her nipples

But one or two evil-disposed characters muttered they might be sure the lady had her own turn to serve, and they might be sure they wasn't "teaed and muffined and sandwiched for nothing!"

1866, Emma Jane Worboise, “The St. Beetha’s Temperance Society”, in St. Beetha’s; or, The Heiress of Arne, London: “Christian World” Office, […]; Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, […], →OCLC, page 213:

The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.

1897 January 7, “City’s Veteran Firemen. New Year Reception. The Rooms of the Association Filled with Guests. Reminiscences, Reunion, and Refreshments,”, in The Pittsfield Sun, volume 97, number 26, Pittsfield, Mass., page 7:

Here at Camp Wheeler we “coffeed” and “sandwiched” the drafted men when they came from Camp Gordon several weeks ago, and the men from Camp Pike more recently.

1917 November 11, Dumas Malone, “The Ring and the Red Triangle: How the Men Who Wear the New Insignia Go With the Army”, in The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Ga., first section, article section “The Ever-Ready Hut”, page four:

There we were met by enterprising citizens and coffeed and sandwiched by pretty girls.

1929, Howard W[allace] Peak, A Ranger of Commerce or 52 Years on the Road, page 87:

Five soldiers had been sandwiched and coffeed at the Elks canteen, were a little short of money, needed haircuts.

1942 August 31, “Who Clipped the Soldiers’—Hair?”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume CXII, number 206, Harrisburg, Pa., second section, page 9:

I clothed desperate families, and sandwiched and teaed many distracted souls.

1953, [Irene Curzon, 2nd] Baroness Ravensdale, In Many Rhythms: An Autobiography, page 249:

I write this on the kitchen table at the home of the kind Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ebert, who sandwiched and coffee’d me.

1959 October 7, Charles House, “Charlie Pauses at 75-Mile Mark To Recount Latest Adventures”, in Appleton Post-Crescent, volume LI, number 88, Appleton-Neenah-Menasha, Wis., section “Coffee Break”, page A16:

Mrs. Robert (Helen) Adickes, of Flintridge, mate of the chairman of the Pilots For Goldwater committee, was in there pitching as usual seeing that everyone was fed and coffeed or, in the case of the young colts and fillies, sandwiched and popped.

1964 October 13, Gene Cowles, Valley Times, volume 27, number 246, San Fernando Valley, Calif., page 15:

Hostesses like Laurie McCormack, who’s used to keeping politicians, press and businessmen coffeed and sandwiched on special visits to the train, sat back and let Jay Montague and other merchants reverse roles.

1975 October 14, Kathleen Merryman, “Freedom Train fires up parties”, in The Billings Gazette, 90th year, number 165, Billings, Mont., page 11-A:

“In the daytimes, he fixes things for people,” I said, “and in return they keep him sandwiched and coffeed.”

1976 August 28, Joan Flanagan, “cassidy’s mob”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 43,275, page 14:

(transitive, informal) To feed sandwiches to.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Craig (he^([sic]) speaker of the assembly) emerging from a popular drive-in after having sandwiched and coffeed . . .

1935 June 29, Ellen Snebley, “Teapot Tattle”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 1, number 52, Santa Ana, Calif., page eight:

He coffeed and sandwiched along the highway.

1965, Thea Astley, The Slow Natives, page 196:

The Red Knight and his squire might be sandwiching at the very next table.

2006, Gary Zingher, “The Child as Everyday Explorer”, in Theme Play: Exciting Young Imaginations, Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 95:


hamburger

en-noun

hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)

→ Burmese: ဟမ်ဘာဂါ (hambhaga)

→ Dutch: hamburger

→ Estonian: hamburger

→ French: hamburger m

→ German: Hamburger m

→ Bulgarian: хамбургер (hamburger)

→ Hungarian: hamburger

→ Japanese: ハンバーガー

→ Italian: hamburger m

desc

→ Khmer: ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (hambɨɨgɨɨ)

→ Khmer: ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (hambɨɨgɨɨ)

→ Korean: 햄버거 (haembeogeo)

→ Macedonian: хамбургер (hamburger)

→ Mongolian: хамбургер (xamburger)

→ Persian: همبرگر

→ Polish: hamburger

→ Portuguese: hambúrguer m

→ Romanian: hamburger m

→ Russian: га́мбургер (gámburger)

→ Mongolian: гамбургер (gamburger)

→ Swahili: hambaga

แฮมเบอร์เกอร์

→ Thai: แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə)

→ Thai: แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə)

→ Turkish: hamburger

→ Vietnamese: hăm-bơ-gơ

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

/ˈhæmˌbɝ.ɡɚ/

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

(uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.


horseshoe

/ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/

From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe.

almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

close only counts in horseshoes and darts

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

(Midland US) An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.


jam sandwich

(UK, Ireland, slang) (from the common UK colour scheme of white with a red reflective horizontal band) A police car.


hero

en-noun

hero (plural heroes or (sandwich sense) heros)

→ Hindi: हीरो (hīro)

→ Japanese: ヒーロー (hīrō)

→ Korean: 히어로 (hieoro)

→ Thai: ฮีโร่ (hii-rôo)

[ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ]

From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.

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"I'm no hero," insists freckle-faced 14-year-old Freddie Hanberry. But to many of the young cancer patients, nurses and staff at University Medical Center here, he is as close as you can get. The "hero" talk began when a national magazine featured Hanberry, who has leukemia, in a special section called "100 New American Heroes."

1986 August 10, “Cancer victim some kind of hero”, in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA:

Every cancer victim is a true hero.

1993, Susanne Baxandall with Prasuna Reddy, The Courage to Care: The Impact of Cancer on the Family:

She is my hero, my heart, my baby till the end of time,” said Gabby's father

2011 September 12, Eileen Faust, “5-year-old Phoenixville cancer victim loses fight”, in The Mercury:

Each flag represents a hero, Andrews said, whether a first responder or victim of 9/11, active, fallen, or retired military, special friend or family member.

2011 September 12, Jen Armstrong, “Sherrill honors heroes of 9/11”, in Oneida Dispatch:

At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.

2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43:

Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.

(New York) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.

The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.

2003, Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture:

Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.

2008, Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers, page 8:

The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

2008, David Random, Defying Gravity, page 24:

(film, photography, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.

(web design) The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.


sub

* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.
* (lend a person money): From subsidize.

We can get subs at that deli.

submarine sandwich
submarine sandwich#English

Short for submarine sandwich.: a sandwich made on a long bun.


hoagie

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Uncertain. Often suggested to derive from hog, either in reference to Hog Island, a site of shipyards that employed Italian immigrants (who were supposedly called hoggies and who supposedly packed these sandwiches for lunch), or in reference to pork as an ingredient.

I'm going to Wawa to get a hoagie for lunch.

(US, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic US) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.


gyro

Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

I'll have a gyro, please.

A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.


butty

Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”).

cog

Let's have a bacon butty!

(UK, chiefly Northern England, New Zealand, Ireland) A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.


burger

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939.
"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

(Australia, Fiji, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).


grinder

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.

inh

en:any of various machines or devices that grind things

en:grinding machine, any of various machine tools for grinding

Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up.

A grinding machine: any of various machine tools for grinding (either heavy or light grinding, but precise either way).


cheeseburger

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Etymology tree
Latin cāseusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kāsī
Old English ċīese
Middle English chese
English cheese
English hamburger
English cheeseburger
Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.

etymon

Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.

1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them:

Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.

2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48:

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).


chuck wagon

From chuck + wagon; chuck was cowboy slang for food.

(US, historical) A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, and used to prepare meals, as on a ranch, in a lumber camp, or during a cattle drive in the latter part of the 19th century.

A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.


chili dog

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Suckin' on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freez / Diane sittin' on Jacky's lap, got his hand between her knees.

1982 August 9, John Mellencamp, “Jack & Diane”, Warner Music Group


hot dog

1894 (US college slang) from hot + dog (in reference to supposed source of the meat), both the sense of frankfurter in a roll, and of show-off.

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Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.

Hot dogs and beans are a traditional favorite.

He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.

A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.

(New Zealand) A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.

primarily verbal teasing from both male and female students, ranging from statements that the student had a "hot dog in her pants" and that she had "sex with hot dogs." to graffiti that "Jane is a hot dog bitch."

1994, Sexual Harassment in Education, page 26:

It started in the fall of 1990, early in seventh grade, when two boys told her, "I hear you have a hot dog in your pants."
girls were now making hot dog remarks. the counselor maintained—incorrectly—that he was powerless to stop it

1995, The Guide to American Law Supplement, page 347:

How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?

1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5:

In the fall of 1990, when she was in the seventh grade, classmates spread the word that Doe had a hot dog in her pants.

1999, Louis I. Gerdes, Sexual Harassment, page 118:

But what it is basically the in and the out, the hot dog splicing through the doughnut.

I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.

2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13

Coordinate term: hamburger

(US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.


focaccia

en-noun

focaccia (countable and uncountable, plural focaccias)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).

cog

The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia.

2001, Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion, page 47:

(uncountable) A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.


BLT

I wish I could make everyone a BLT. That would be the end of the golden arches, I'm sure of it. There are times when the BLT just tastes right, primal and true, the best thing you could ever eat.

2010, Michele A. Jordan, The BLT Cookbook, Harper Collins, →ISBN, pages 5–6:

(cooking) Initialism of bacon, lettuce and tomato: a sandwich made with these main ingredients.


slider

From slide + -er.
The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder".
Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.

We ordered five sliders.


submarine sandwich

en-noun

submarine sandwich (plural submarine sandwiches)

US ante-1940. From its resemblance to a submarine.

"Well, honey, you can have spaghetti and meat balls," said the girl. "But why don't you order a submarine sandwich? My, that's good! Mmm."
"What is a submarine sandwich?"
"Well, a submarine sandwich comes two ways, the 15¢ one is seven inches long, and for a quarter you get one twelve inches long—"

1942, Ludwig Bemelmans, “Vacation”, in I Love You, I Love You, I Love You!, New York: Viking Press, pages 147–148:

(US, Canada) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise.


Reuben

* From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); its literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!"
* There are several unconfirmed etymologies for the name of the sandwich.

Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Island dressing

A grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.


medianoche

From Spanish medianoche (“midnight”), since it was served in nightclubs.

A Caribbean sandwich of roast pork, ham, mustard, Swiss cheese, and dill pickles.


egg sandwich

egg sandwich (plural egg sandwiches or (rare) egg sandwichs)

egg sandwiches (plural)
egg sandwichs (plural rare)

A fried egg between two slices of bread, optionally with tomato ketchup or brown sauce.


doubles

→ Japanese: ダブルス (daburusu)

A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.


zep

Anywhere else, it might be called a hoagie, or a sub, or a hero. In Two Mills it's a zep. And even though at first it might look like the others, it's not. Like, you'll never find lettuce on a zep. Or mayonnaise.

1991, Jerry Spinelli, Dump Days, page 10:

(US, dialectal) A certain type of submarine sandwich


Big Mac

big and the patronymic Mac (from the Mc in McDonald's).

On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey, [...].

1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1:

In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index.

2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73:

I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. You must walk more than 6 miles—well over an hour—to burn off a Big Mac.

2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management, Rodale, page 144:

But when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in.

2006, Dr. Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12:

A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.


panini

Borrowed from Italian panini, plural of panino (literally “small bread”).

(two characters talking at a table in a cafeteria) -- "What is that? What's a panini?" -- "It's a bread roll, toasted, flattened. It's nice."

A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.


muffuletta

muffuletta (countable and uncountable, plural muffulettas)

From Sicilian, diminutive of muffe (“mold, mushroom”), perhaps due to the appearance of the round sandwich bread being reminiscent of a mushroom cap.

... a stop in the Central Grocery, where Tenn had a beer and one of the city's cherished muffuletta sandwiches, which he cut into four wedges and ate as carefully as he chose his words, which came forth at a slow, painful pace.

2015, James Grissom, Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog, →ISBN:

A type of sandwich, typically made in New Orleans and containing layers of olive salad, mozzarella and meats, made using that bread.


sloppy joe

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(US) A hot sandwich, typically composed of ground beef cooked in a skillet with highly seasoned tomato sauce or tomato paste and spread between two sides of a bun.

(US, New Jersey) A cold delicatessen three-decker rye bread sandwich made with sliced meat, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and Russian dressing.


croque-monsieur

French croque-monsieur, from croquer (“to crunch”) + monsieur (“mister”)

A hot grilled ham and cheese sandwich, originating from France.


croque-madame

From French croque-madame, from croquer (“to crunch”) + madame (“missus”).

A croque-monsieur with a fried egg on top.


three-decker

Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”)

Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”)

Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”)

Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”)

(nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.

Anything with three layers or levels.
(historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.

Anything with three layers or levels.
An old-fashioned pulpit.


tramezzino

A usually triangular sandwich constructed from two slices of soft crustless white bread, popular in Italy.


PB&J

Initialism of peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and jam, a sandwich made using these ingredients.


quarter-pounder

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

surf

"Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"

2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88:

This recipe will make 6–8 “quarter pounders” from only one pound of hamburger. Do the math. Then all you do is BBQ, fry or broil them.

2011, Michael Turney, Son of a Sea Cook Cookbook, page 140:

I've got four quarter-pounder burgers in the grill pan,
I've micro-waved some sesame seed buns,
I've got the kettle on […]
Come back in, and my quarter-pounders are a-blazing!
I turn off the heat, and quickly remove the grill pan, […]

2014, Eugene Holod, “Rock Rampant”, in Ochre Tinge, page 102:

A range of homemade food is available including original recipe minced beef and onion pie and special quarter pounder burgers, plus steaks on request (every day except Sunday). The pub is a big supporter of armed forces charities.

2018, Campaign for Real Ale, Good Beer Guide 2019:

Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries.

2022, Isabel Albiston, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet Great Britain:

A burger weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.


Cuban sandwich

en-noun

Cuban sandwich (plural Cuban sandwiches)

We were sharing a Cuban sandwich at the bar in Chez Henri. Susan felt that Riesling was appropriate with a Cuban sandwich. I was drinking beer.

2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 44:

A particular kind of meat-and-cheese sandwich made on Cuban bread.


hero sandwich

The New York term hero is first attested in 1937. Unlikely to be related to gyro, since those were not well known in the US at the time.

(US) A large sandwich on a long thick bun.


cheesesteak

A Philadelphia snack food consisting of chopped steak and melted cheese in a bread roll.


chicken burger

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(Ireland, UK) A sandwich consisting of a piece of boneless, sometimes fried chicken served in a bun, typically hot (called a chicken sandwich in the US).


grilled cheese

Third, when you go to lunch today, instead of ordering a steak, ask for a grilled cheese.

1970, “Time”, in Time Inc., volume 96, numbers 1-9, page 43:

A man of impeccable class, he also buys ready-made suits on sale and would as soon have grilled cheese and iced tea as coq au vin.

1973 September, Anne Crawford and Jack Keever, “John Connally Between the Acts”, in Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, Volume 1, Issue 8 (September, 1973), page 44

We sat out among the sidewalk tables, and I had a grilled cheese with bacon.

a. 2000, C. Bard Cole, “Young Hemingways”, in Briefly told lives, Macmillan, published 2000, →ISBN, page 120:

I passed on the healthy stuff and had a grilled cheese.

2001, Terry Bisson, The Pickup Artist, Macmillan, published 2002, →ISBN, page 23:

Stewie: Does anybody wanna buy my shirt? [pause] I'll trade you my shirt for a grilled cheese!

2008 March 2, Danny Smith, “Play It Again”, in Family Guy, season 6 episode 10, 14:44-14:50:

He lunched on grilled cheese in Toronto and sashimi in Tokyo and had the chance to stick his finger in a true-to-life Dutch dike in Almere, Holland.

2009 December, in Dwell, ISSN 1530-5309, Volume 10, Number 2 (December 2009/January 2010), page 28

(Canada, US) A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.


melt sandwich

A type of closed sandwich with a non-cheese filling, and a layer of cheese on top which is grilled or fried until the cheese melts.


fluffernutter

A sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, most common in New England.


sandwichy

en-adj

sandwichy (comparative more sandwichy, superlative most sandwichy)

more sandwichy (comparative)
most sandwichy (superlative)

[…] it received at once the gratifying tribute of large sandwichy grins and chuckles all round the table.

1914, Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson, The Clean Heart:

Full of sandwiches; containing sandwiches.


Philly cheesesteak

en-noun

Philly cheesesteak (plural Philly cheesesteaks)

A cheesesteak sandwich made according to the classic Philadelphia recipe of melted cheese, sliced onions and thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak on a hoagie roll.


beef on weck

A sandwich made from kummelweck with a roast beef and horseradish sauce filling, most common in New York State.


po' boy

Shortened form of poor boy. Beyond that, the etymology is disputed.

(especially Louisiana) A traditional submarine sandwich from Louisiana, typically consisting of meat or seafood, usually fried, served on a Louisiana baguette.


club sandwich

Said to have originated at the Union Club in New York City.

A type of sandwich, often served as a double-decker (with three slices of bread) and usually cut into quarters; traditionally made with turkey, bacon, lettuce, and tomato.


open sandwich

Any dish consisting of only one slice of bread, with any topping.


chimichurri

chimichurri (countable and uncountable, plural chimichurris)

/ˌt͡ʃɪmiˈt͡ʃʊɹi/

Borrowed from Spanish chimichurri, from Basque tximitxurri (literally “a mixture of several things in no particular order”), from Basque immigrants to Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century. Many folk etymologies also exist.

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There are also platters of flavorful pork ribs glazed with smoky chipotle, chicken wings char-grilled with garlicky chimichurri, and plump mussels in green chili tortilla broth with leeks and oven dried tomatoes.

2007 September 9, “Pork Bellies to Baguettes”, in New York Times:

(uncountable) A sauce and marinade for grilled meat originally from Argentina, made from chopped parsley or cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper, onion, and paprika with olive oil.

(countable) A traditional pork sandwich with cabbage and salsa, eaten as a snack in the Dominican Republic

cytsa

a traditional pork sandwich of the Dominican Republic


pizzaburger

A hamburger made with cheese, tomato sauce, etc. so as to taste like a pizza.


baconburger

A hamburger served with bacon as a topping.


cheese dog

(US) A hot dog with processed cheese spread on it.


Italian sandwich

en-noun

Italian sandwich (plural Italian sandwiches)

The sandwich was invented in Portland, Maine, in 1903 by Giovanni Amato, an Italian baker.

(US) A type of submarine sandwich consisting of French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion.


dagwood

→ French: dagwood

French: quart-dagwood, quart de dagwood

French: demi-dagwood

Named after American comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the comic Blondie.

named-after

A large thick multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese, lettuce and any of several other fillings

dagwood

very large and thick multilayered cold cut sandwich

Dagwood sandwich
Dagwood sandwich#English


ham sandwich

en-noun

ham sandwich (countable and uncountable, plural ham sandwiches)

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The most curious volcano of the district is the Puy Chopine, a dome rising from a crater of scoria composed of granite rocks enclosed, like a slice of ham sandwich, between a layer of basalt and a layer of trachyte.

1890, Augustus J[ohn] C[uthbert] Hare, South-Eastern France, London: George Allen, […], page 224:

Muttsen looked at Eva and Eva looked at Muttsen—and Eva did not cry out, Eva slept gently—Eva ate a little sausage—a piece of ham sandwich, for her supper—Eva ate it all up; […]

1919, H. von Hug-Hellmuth, translated by James J[ackson] Putnam and Mabel Stevens, A Study of the Mental Life of the Child (Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series; 29), Washington, D.C.: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, page 143:

But then I became aware of a noise which at first I attributed to National Health teeth having a tussle with a tough piece of ham sandwich.

For example, two subjects both chewed 13 times for a standard piece of ham sandwich; […]

1978, G[eorge] Neil Jenkins, The Physiology and Biochemistry of the Mouth, 4th edition, Oxford, Oxon: Blackwell Scientific Publications, →ISBN, page 525:

In the mouth, the piece of ham sandwich is mechanically broken down by chewing with teeth.

1984, Kormondy Essenfeld, Tests for Addison-Wesley Biology, Menlo Park, Calif.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN:

Over the years I have caught fish that had cockle burrs, a piece of ham sandwich, twigs, mice, frogs, even a baby bird.

1986 January 30, Swen, “Something’s new under the sun”, in The Times-News, 81st year, number 30, Twin Falls, Ida., page D-5, column 3:

He was slowly turning a deep reddish-blue, so I quickly pulled him to his feet and prepared to perform the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the piece of ham sandwich that must have stuck in his throat.

1993 March, Bill Sharp, “The Belt Tightens”, in HP Professional, volume 7, number 3, page 10:

“Hell, that’s practically the Stone Age,” Applegate commented with a laugh, then crammed the last piece of ham sandwich into his mouth and chewed contemplatively before adding, “I can promise you what we have in store will knock your socks off.”

1994, David Alexander, Bandit, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 41:

Maybelline tore off another piece of ham sandwich and fed it to me.

2015, Spencer Quinn [pseudonym; Peter Abrahams], Woof (a Bowser and Birdie novel), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., published 2016, →ISBN, page 179:

(countable, rarely uncountable) A sandwich made with ham.

but did you ever hear of a young man, who becomes a millionaire in the approved style, starting life on a farm, studying by the light of a tallow dip, and coming to the city with forty-five cents and a ham sandwich

1900, Charles A. Conant, “The Financial Future of the United States”, in The Bankers magazine, volume 61, page 603:

One of last year's speakers, in distinguishing types of true research worth while from investigations unworthy of the name, held up to ridicule a hypothetical investigation of a ham sandwich and the pseudo-scientist who would attempt a monographic treatment of such a subject.

1920 April 15, Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee, “letter on Sexuality in Mucors”, in Science, page 375:

But regardless of how enamored you may be of Green's manner and his potential, it has to come as a shock to you that he's the starter. A month ago you could have had him for a ham sandwich

1998 September 15, Tony Kornheiser, “Up for the Game, Down for the Count”, in Washington Post:

After all, nothing is better than eternal happiness, and a ham sandwich is certainly better than nothing. Therefore a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness.

2004, David J. Darling, The universal book of mathematics: from Abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes, page 106:

Even without the typing bit, the grand jury indicted her; one has to keep that in mind. / This was the Cold War, and we always remember the old line for prosecutors that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

2008 September 15, “Jury Papers Cast Doubt On Rosenberg Conviction”, in Talk of the Nation (NPR):

It's sports-car fast, has a big leather-trimmed interior, and costs as much as a ham sandwich.

2009 June, Ezra Dyer, “The Car That Should Save GM”, in Esquire, volume 151, number 6, page 28:

(countable, US) Something utterly commonplace, of modest value.


vegetarian burger

vegetarian burger (plural vegetarian burgers)


veggie burger

/ˈvɛdʒijˈbɹ̩ɡɹ̩/

A burger containing a patty made without meat or other animal products.

A burger patty made without meat or other animal products.


Monte Cristo sandwich

Monte Cristo sandwich (plural Monte Cristo sandwiches)

A fried sandwich with ham and/or turkey, sometimes battered and often served with fruit and cream.


loose-meat sandwich

loose-meat sandwich (plural loose-meat sandwiches)

(US) A type of sandwich with a filling of loose ground beef.


Coney Island hot dog

Coney Island hot dog (plural Coney Island hot dogs)

After Coney Island, birthplace of the original hot dog (but not associated with this specific style of preparation).

(US) A hot dog made from beef with casing, topped with chili, diced onion, and mustard.


pan bagnat

Occitan pan (“bread”) + banhat (“wet”), past participle of banhar.

A sandwich originating in southern France, composed of Niçoise salad in a circular bun.


Vietnamese sandwich

Vietnamese sandwich (plural Vietnamese sandwiches)


miniburger

In the 1980s and ’90s, there was a book party at least once a week at either Elaine’s or Mortimer’s, and the writer Candace Bushnell, then flat broke, went to all of them, especially the ones at Mortimer’s, because it served generous amounts of its famous miniburgers.

2007 August 26, Alex Kuczynski, “Comped Lit”, in New York Times:


peanut butter and jelly

peanut butter and jelly (countable and uncountable, plural peanut butter and jellies)

(uncountable, US) Peanut butter and jelly (or jam) that is spread on bread to make a sandwich.

Alternative form: peanut-butter-and-jelly

On your average march you'll find you get through a good two peanut butter and jellies before you even get to where you're supposed to demonstrate

1971, Michael Weller, Five Plays, published 1997, Moonchildren, page 19:

Sometimes they drift in from the Yukon and other far places, come in and sit down at the kitchen table, want a glass of milk and a peanut-butter-and-jelly, […] .

1979, Donald Barthelme, "Aria", originally published in The New Yorker, republished in Sixty Stories (1981)

And by the end of the Apollo moon-landing program, NASA was allowing common grocery items like bread slices, canned meats, and peanut butter and jellies on lunar missions.

1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav, page 167:

I've got a peanut butter and jelly for your son.

1996, Sherman Alexie, “Indian Killer”, in Peter Donahue, John Trombold, editors, Reading Seattle: The City in Prose, published 2014, page 209:

Her mother stuffed a peanut butter and jelly into a bag and turned to look at Emily.

2002, W. Z. Nelson, Hurricane Summer, page 72:

They sat across from each other on the blanket eating peanut butter and jellies and drinking pop.

(countable, US) A sandwich consisting of bread spread with layers of peanut butter and jelly.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see peanut butter, jelly.


jibarito

The research for this article produced as much regret as revelation, with unrequitable longings for far-away creations like Chicago’s jibarito (steak squeezed between thin, crusty slices of smashed plantain) and extinct species like the chacarero of Jackson Heights, Queens: a Chilean sandwich with a garnish of chopped green beans, the specialty of a bakery that is now closed.

2008 April 30, Julia Moskin, “The Next Best Things in Sliced Bread”, in New York Times:

(Chicago) A speciality sandwich of Chicago, made with flattened fried green plantains instead of bread, a garlic-flavoured mayonnaise, and a filling that typically includes meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato.


minicheeseburger

Becky Marx was perched at Agnetta's left, delicately sampling from an hors d' ouevres plate that included two Chinese dumplings, a minicheeseburger, several shrimp sauteed in lemon butter, six chicken nachos, and two stuffed mushrooms.

1996, Tim Kincaid, Today, tomorrow, and always:

There's no kids' menu, but the regular menu features chicken strips and minicheeseburgers, among other tot treats.

2005, Laura Tiebert, Frommer's Chicago with Kids, page 119:

They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.

Cozy banquettes, low tables and soft lighting define this plush new area behind the bar at Le Cirque, with wines by the glass, cocktails and a menu of informal smallish plates: croque monsieur, salmon tartare, shrimp tempura, minicheeseburgers.

2008 April 20, “Just In, From Europe”, in New York Times:


horseshoe sandwich

horseshoe sandwich (plural horseshoe sandwiches)

An open-faced sandwich with meat topped with french fries and smothered with cheese sauce.


jaffle

From a trademark for a utensil that creates jaffles.

For him, the mark of a true jaffle is those gnarly, pressure-sealed edges. “You need those nasty corners – nasty in the best way – when the sauce oozes out the sides and goes super caramelised.”

2023 June 4, James Shackell, “‘It’s a travesty they’ve disappeared’: what ever happened to jaffle irons?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(Australia, South Africa) A type of toasted sandwich that is sealed around the edge (in one piece, and not separated in the centre), it has a filling, for example an egg. A toastie or Breville is separated with a diagonal crease.


gardenburger

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From garden + -burger, from the brand name Gardenburger.

Beth has the mushroom gardenburger.

2000, Suzanne Finnamore, Otherwise engaged, link:

...barbecued or grilled chicken sans skin; turkey; lean steak (filet mignon or sirloin); roast beef or tri tip; lean hamburger; gardenburger; soups sans cream; whole grain bread sans...

2002, Clyde Soles, Climbing: training for peak performance, page 219:

This recipe is an adaptation of the Boutenkos' raw gardenburger

2005, Gabrielle Chavez, The raw food gourmet: going raw for total well-being, page 98:

The Rose Garden's 32 public restrooms do have piped-in radio for play-by-play updates, and there are 700 television monitors so you can watch the game while waiting in line for your gardenburger and local brew.

2011, Rachel Dresbeck, Insiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon, page 222:

A vegetarian imitation hamburger or hamburger patty, usually made of grains and vegetables.


vege-burger

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French dip

The name refers to the style of bread and the practice of dipping it while eating, rather than origins in France, where this food is unknown.

(cooking) An American hot sandwich made with sliced meat (usually roast beef) on a French roll, and served au jus. In its original form the bread is dipped in the jus when the sandwich is made, but more often the jus is served on the side so the sandwich can be dipped as it is being eaten.


au jus

Unadapted borrowing from French au jus (“in the juice”).

ubor

roast beef with au jus

In supper clubs, a London broil often comes sliced and served on toasted bread with an au jus.

2020, Megan Bannister, Iowa Supper Clubs, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 106:

(proscribed) Jus: a gravy served in or with a meat dish and made from its juices.


dog

en-noun

dog (countable and uncountable, plural dogs)

Australian Kriol: dog

Bislama: dog

Gullah: dog

Sranan Tongo: dagu

Tok Pisin: dok

Torres Strait Creole: dog

desc

→ American Sign Language: Kop@Inside-PalmForward 1o@Inside

→ Dutch: dog

→ Esperanto: dogo

Ido: dogo

→ French: dogue

→ German: Dogge

→ Italian: dogo

→ English: dogo

→ Portuguese: dogue

→ Russian: дог (dog)

→ Spanish: dogo

→ Volapük: dog, doeg

Inherited from Middle English dogge (akin to Scots dug), from Old English dogga, docga, of uncertain origin.
The original meaning seems to have been a common dog, as opposed to a well-bred one, or something like 'cur', and perhaps later came to be used for stocky dogs. Possibly a pet-form diminutive with suffix -ga (compare frocga (“frog”), *picga (“pig”)), appended to a base *dog-, *doc- of unclear origin and meaning. One possibility is Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”) (compare frocga from frox). Another proposal is that it derives from Proto-West Germanic *dugan (“to be suitable”), the origin of Old English dugan (“to be good, worthy, useful”), English dow, Dutch deugen, German taugen. The theory goes that it could have been an epithet for dogs, commonly used by children, meaning "good/useful animal". Another is that it is related to *docce (“stock, muscle”), from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā (“round mass, ball, muscle, doll”), whence English dock (“stumpy tail”).
In 14th-century England, hound (from Old English hund) was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting. In the 16th century, the word dog was adopted by several continental European languages as their word for mastiff.
Despite similarities in forms and meaning, not related to Mbabaram dog.

hond

morally reprehensible person — see also scoundrel

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon).

1989, John L. Gittleman, Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, page 561:

Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.

The dogs were too hot to touch.

In the great old-fashioned fireplace behind the high iron dogs a log-fire crackled and snapped.

1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

Alternative form: 'dog

Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times:

A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.


minihamburger

Don loved the minihamburgers even though they gave him horrible indigestion.

2007, Fern Michaels, Free Fall, page 312:

[…] I dropped a minihamburger that I was about to scoff into a potted fig tree so I didn't have to worry about ketchup lips.

2007, Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare, The First Assistant, page 255:

A wide selection of appetizers invites grazing: salmon tartar with Rice Krispies and wasabi, perhaps, or minihamburgers.

2010, Leslie Brokaw, Erin Trahan, Frommer's Montreal and Quebec City 2010, page 234:


St. Paul sandwich

en-noun

St. Paul sandwich (plural St. Paul sandwiches)

An American sandwich, found mainly in Chinese restaurants in Missouri, consisting essentially of an egg foo yung patty between slices of white bread.


spiedie

From Italian spiedo (“spit (skewer)”) or spiedini (“cubes or balls of meat cooked on a skewer”).

(US) A submarine sandwich local to Greater Binghamton in the Southern Tier of New York State, containing grilled marinated cubes of meat.


Dagwood sandwich

Dagwood sandwich (plural Dagwood sandwiches)

French: dagwood

French: quart-dagwood, quart de dagwood

French: demi-dagwood

Named after American comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the American comic strip Blondie.

named-after

The kind of sandwich he made famous, the Dagwood sandwich, is a hodgepodge of leftovers in the refrigerator all wedged in between two slices of bread.

1980, Arthur Asa Berger, Television As An instrument of Terror, →ISBN, page 76:

Everyone gets the late-night munchies now and then, whether for rocky road ice cream or a Dagwood sandwich of salami, pickles and deli Swiss on rye.

1999 September 7, Tom Zeller, “Nutrition: When Refrigerator Raiders Lose Control”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-04-19:

And who wouldn't like to think of the Dagwood sandwich somewhere on the White House menu?

2012 November 1, Brian Truitt, “Dagwood runs for president in longtime 'Blondie' strip”, in USA Today, retrieved 2014-04-19:

(informal) An exceptionally thick sandwich made with numerous layers of various meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments.


Rachel sandwich

en-noun

Rachel sandwich (plural Rachel sandwiches)

Perhaps in reference to the 1871 song Reuben and Rachel.

A variation on the Reuben sandwich, substituting pastrami or turkey for the corned beef, and coleslaw for the sauerkraut.


Hillel sandwich

Hillel sandwich (plural Hillel sandwiches)

An Ashkenazi sandwich made with matzo and either horseradish or lettuce, a modern attempt at complying with a food requirement in the Haggadah.


steak bomb

(US) A hot submarine sandwich with steak, salami, provolone cheese, and vegetables.


toast Hawaii

An open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham, pineapple and cheese, grilled from above.


hot brown

Originally created at the Brown Hotel (funded and owned by James Graham Brown) in Louisville, Kentucky.

(Southern US) An open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.


tongue toast

An open sandwich prepared with sauteed beef tongue and scrambled eggs.


Maxwell Street Polish

Maxwell Street Polish (plural Maxwell Street Polishes)

Named after Chicago's Maxwell Street market.

(US) A grilled or fried length of Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and mustard, served on a bun.


runza

Trade name, said to have been introduced by Sally Everett (née Brening), who began selling them in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1949. Possibly from Krautrunz, an older German name for the bierock, or Low German runsa, "belly", alluding to its rounded shape; compare modern German Ranzen (“belly”).

(Midland US) A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.


tavern sandwich

tavern sandwich (plural tavern sandwiches)

(Upper Midwestern US) An Iowan sandwich consisting of unseasoned ground beef and sauteed onions in a bun.


mother-in-law sandwich

mother-in-law sandwich (plural mother-in-law sandwiches)

A Chicago snack consisting of a corn-roll tamale in a hot dog bun with chili.


Italian beef

Shortening of "Italian beef sandwich", because the sandwiches were made, using beef, by Italian immigrants in Chicago.

I changed my eating habits and stopped eating after 6 p.m. I switched from eating Italian beefs, drinking high-calorie mocha lattes and big sodas to drinking lots of water, eating salmon and having oatmeal for breakfast.

2006, “Losing Weight The Old-Fashioned Way”, in Ebony, volume 61, number 9, page 77:

Chicago's Mr. Beef is one of the best places to enjoy an Italian beef.

2009, 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late, page 261:

One evening in the autumn of my freshman year, my appetite casually drifted toward the pleasant thought of an Italian beef. Maybe double-dipped (sopped with gravy), hot and sweet (with giardiniera and peppers).

2013, Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food, page 24:

(Chicago) A sandwich of thin slices of seasoned roast beef on a dense, long Italian-style roll.


chacarero

A Chilean sandwich made with thinly sliced meat on a round roll with tomatoes, green beans and chili pepper.


pambazo

A Mexican snack made from white bread dipped in a red guajillo pepper sauce, filled with potatoes and chorizo, and fried.


Elvis sandwich

Elvis sandwich (plural Elvis sandwiches)

Claimed to have been a favourite of Elvis Presley.

A sandwich consisting of toasted bread with peanut butter, sliced or mashed banana, and sometimes bacon.


humanburger

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banh mi

Borrowed from Vietnamese bánh mì (“bread; sandwich”).

You will think this is a produce store or market, but never would you guess that inside, sweet Vietnamese ladies will make you a banh mi to rival all banh mis, and that noodle soups and plate lunches can be pumped out of here like nobody's business.

2011, Grace Keh, Food Lovers' Guide to San Francisco, →ISBN:

A Vietnamese sandwich, typically served on a baguette, and somewhat resembling a submarine sandwich.


fat sandwich

Nationwide, Rutgers is more known for its grease trucks then its highly rated business school. […] It is said that you are not really a Rutgers student until you have had a fat sandwich.

2005, Taryn Lynn Sauthoff, Omid Gohari, Rutgers New Brunswick College Prowler Off the Record, page 58:

At the top of the food chain is PJ's, whose pizza wins high accolades, and whose menu of fat sandwiches (a local delicacy that stuffs as many deep-fried items into a roll as possible) is extensive.

2012, Renee Pires, Day Trips from Philadelphia, page 43:

(US, New Jersey) A submarine sandwich containing various fast food items such as burgers, fries, and gyro meat.


cannibal sandwich

cannibal sandwich (plural cannibal sandwiches)

(US) A sandwich made from raw ground beef with onions, on rye bread, and seasoned. Traditionally served at Christmastime in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.


prawn toast

prawn toast (countable and uncountable, plural prawn toasts)


shrimp toast

shrimp toast (countable and uncountable, plural shrimp toasts)

A Chinese dim sum dish of small triangles of bread, brushed with egg and coated with minced shrimp and water chestnuts, then baked or deep-fried.


jam penny

Jam pennies were reportedly a favourite food of Queen Elizabeth II.


cheezburger

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(Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of cheeseburger.


butterbrot

Borrowed from German Butterbrot (literally “butter bread”).


water sandwich

en-noun

water sandwich (plural water sandwiches)

A Depression-era snack consisting of a piece of bread soaked in lard or water.


PBJ

PBJ (countable and uncountable, plural PBJs)

peanut butter and jelly
peanut butter and jelly#English


McGriddle

From Mc- + griddle, coined as a trademark, McGriddles, in 2002.

Trying to sneak a decoy within sight of a tom's roost tree can have you eating a McGriddle long before the drive-through stops serving breakfast.

He sat down at the metal card table and opened a McGriddle.

2009, Roger Stelljes, Deadly Stillwater - Thriller: McRyan Mystery Series, Roger Stelljes, →ISBN:

I'm sure this culture change came about because McDonald's probably sponsors one of those fishing shows on TV or advertises in the fishing magazines with a picture of some national bass tournament winner eating a McGriddle.

2013, Herb Agee, My F-Word Is Forgiveness, WestBow Press, →ISBN:

A McGriddle, perhaps? Ah, at long last, a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. She took a huge bite of the cold biscuit, the otherwise tasty grease congealed like the orangey-yellow cheese slice, crumbling the enormous biscuit as she pulled it ...

2014, Dan Richart, Prodigal Bum, BookBaby, →ISBN:

Berkeley said, “What?” And she said, “You heard me. As soon as I get this floor done, I'm getting in the car and getting me a McGriddle.” Berkeley started jumping up and down.

2017, Ann Dee Ellis, You May Already Be a Winner, Penguin, →ISBN, page 124:

If the dieter's solution is to deprive or deform what is the well-being solution? If I ask you to delay the gratification of eating a McGriddle what do you get in return for waiting? Two McGriddles? Of course not.

2018, Michael Alvear, V.E. Strousberg, Make Your Life Great Again With Donald Trump’s Classic Moves, Woodpecker Media, →ISBN:

A type of breakfast sandwich sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's that typically consists of fried bacon, a scrambled egg flap, and American cheese served on two small griddlecakes made with maple flavoring.


Jucy Lucy

Various unsupported theories, but apparently from juicy and the name Lucy, chosen for the rhyme (and respelled accordingly).

(Upper Midwestern US) A cheeseburger with the cheese inside the meat instead of on top, resulting in a melted core of cheese.


McMuffin

From Mc- + muffin, coined as a trademark, McMuffin, in 1972.

A type of breakfast sandwich sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's that typically consists of a slice of Canadian bacon, a griddle-fried egg, and a slice of American cheese on a toasted and buttered English muffin.


Gerber sandwich

Gerber sandwich (plural Gerber sandwiches)

Named after Dick Gerber, who invented it.

An open-faced sandwich from St. Louis, Missouri, consisting of a half section of Italian or French bread, spread with garlic butter and topped with ham and cheese, then toasted.


egg banjo

(UK, military, slang) A sandwich containing fried egg.


liberty sandwich

liberty sandwich (plural liberty sandwiches)

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Coined during wartime because of antipathy toward the Germans and their language; see liberty cabbage.


bread sandwich

bread sandwich (plural bread sandwiches)

A sandwich made from slices of bread (rather than a roll).


pizza sub sandwich

pizza sub sandwich (plural pizza sub sandwiches)


pizza sub

A heated submarine sandwich topped like a pizza, with cheese, sliced meat, and tomato sauce.


cheese coney

Coney Island hot dog
Coney Island hot dog

(Cincinnati) A Coney Island hot dog served with Cincinnati chili and Cheddar cheese.


eggwich

Stop in the morning for espresso and the pita eggwich (scrambled eggs, peppers, onions and diced tomatoes with provolone).

2000, Nancy Woodworth, Richard Woodworth, Getaways for Gourmets in the Northeast, page 266:

In Stewart's, waiting for his bagel to toast, Anthony launched into some abbreviated Grunt and Grumble with the other men picking up coffee and eggwiches.

2007, Jon Katz, Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm, page 119:

John butted a cigarette in the ashtray, got out of the car with his twenty-four-ounce coffee and sausage eggwich.

2018, Liam Sweeny, Street Whispers, unnumbered page:

A sandwich with an egg filling or egg patty.


eggel

Ron Allen and his wife, Libby, were enjoying their favorite breakfast, the eggel, an egg on bagel.

2015 August 16, E. B. Furgurson III, “Chick and Ruth's Delly: After half a century, it's still about family”, in Capital Gazette:

Try out the combo meals or even the eggels.

2018 March 2, Anastasia Carter, Eve Gross, “Best Restaurants In The 419”, in The Student Prints, Sylvania Northview High School, page 14:

Our whole menu is offered all day for those who want a lunch sandwich in the morning or an eggel in the afternoon.

2018, “No. 1 Sandwich Shop...AGAIN!!”, in Minot Daily News Readers' Choice 2018, page 13:


nothing sandwich

nothing sandwich (plural nothing sandwiches)

(figuratively) Synonym of nothingburger (something of less importance than its treatment suggests)


finger sandwich

finger sandwich (plural finger sandwiches)


tea sandwich

A small, dainty sandwich of the kind eaten with afternoon tea.


Fluffernutter

A sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, most common in New England.


Albuquerque turkey

Albuquerque turkey (plural Albuquerque turkeys)

(US) A type of grilled sandwich served at restaurants, topped with turkey, cheese, and green chili sauce.


bokit

I wanted to be different from you, from the other guests vacationing on this island. I know the shortcuts and the best place to get a bokit.

2019, Jérome Camal, “Touristic rhythms: the club remix”, in Jocelyne Guilbault, Timothy Rommen, editors, Sounds of Vacation:

A kind of Guadeloupean sandwich fried in a saucepan with hot sunflower oil.


liberty steak

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-liberty steak.wav


burgir

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Internet) Pronunciation spelling of burger.


American hot dog

American hot dog (plural American hot dogs)

(New Zealand) A sandwich comprised of a bun, a wiener, and sauce.


hamberder

From a 2019 tweet by Donald Trump, in which he misspelled hamburgers as hamberders.

Great being with the National Champion Clemson Tigers last night at the White House. Because of the Shutdown I served them massive amounts of Fast Food (I paid), over 1000 hamberders etc. Within one hour, it was all gone. Great guys and big eaters!

2019 January 15, realDonaldTrump, Twitter, archived from the original on 2019-01-15:

Donald Trump has bragged about serving a table groaning with McDonalds^([sic]) ‘hamberders’ to a football team visiting the White House. In a misspelt tweet issued Tuesday, the president wrote: ‘Great being with the National Champion Clemson Tigers last night at the White House. ‘Because of the Shutdown I served them massive amounts of Fast Food (I paid), over 1000 hamberders etc.

2019 January 15, Bod, “Donald Trump brags about serving McDonald’s ‘hamberders’ at White House”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

How many people were there that required 1000 hamberders? And he wasn't just serving those, there were chicken nuggets, pizza too I think.
So, two burgers per person, 500 people?
Anyone want to bet it's another gross exaggeration?

2019 January 15, trader_4, “Donald Trump brags about serving McDonald’s ‘hamberders’ at White House”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

If words could kill I would've turned Thanny into a pile of hamberder a thousand times over.

2019 September 16, gmsin...@gmail.com, “Beano O'Rourke: Police Wouldn't Go Door To Door To Confiscate Guns Under My Plan”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

Soon after she started in Congress, Devil’s Due, a comic book publisher, announced its latest product: […] Grab a hamberder and cup of covfefe and prepare to enjoy this read!

2020, Caroline Fredrickson, “Introduction”, in The AOC Way: The Secrets of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Success, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

>> Do wish to purchase a hamburger today?
>
>Don't forget the On!ons.
Indeed, a hamberder with ketchup, lettuce, tomatoes, pickle and ONIONS is not really a hamberder.

2020 September 21, "Sir Hømer Hall, Esq.", “MOST HILARIOUS LIBTARD MELTDOWN E-V-E-R-!”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

food should not be a problem for Trump, given how much he loves McDonald's "hamberders" as he refers to them in his tweets. McDonald's is inexpensive, provides plenty of coupons, and must not be unhealthy because Trump eats them daily, his doctor reports he is in flawless health in spite of having suffered covid. He eats McDonalds^([sic]) as he alleges that it is harder to put poison in fast food, because you do not know which hamberder will be handed to the victim.

2020 November 26, marika, “Food Shortage?????”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

>> Also, if convicted and jailed, would he have Secret Service protection in the mess hall and showers?
>
> He'd be in Club Fed. Private accommodations, like other rich crooks get.
Would he get the hamberders and ice cream that he needs to stay alive? What about golfing facilities?

2021 January 7, Athel Cornish-Bowden, “It's over”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

(humorous) Deliberate misspelling of hamburger.


party sub

A very long submarine sandwich typically served at parties and other catered events, where either the guest or the host slices the sandwich into pieces fit for one person's appetite.


half-pounder

A burger weighing approximately half a pound.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.


X-caboquinho

A type of Brazilian sandwich consisting of sliced buttered marraqueta bread and other ingredients.


wildcat sandwich

wildcat sandwich (plural wildcat sandwiches)

cannibal sandwich
cannibal sandwich#English


pony shoe

A smaller version of the horseshoe sandwich.