"Sandwich" meaning in English

See Sandwich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Sandwiches [plural]
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwiċæ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Sandwiċæ}} Old English Sandwiċæ, {{suffix|en|sand|wich}} sand + -wich Head templates: {{en-proper noun|+}} Sandwich (plural Sandwiches)
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258). Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Kent, England, Towns in England, Towns in Kent, England
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  2. An English habitational surname originating from this town.
    Sense id: en-Sandwich-en-name-tjsqZ-Mg
  3. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
    A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Illinois, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sandwich-en-name-qD9LMqfT
  4. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
    A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Massachusetts, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Massachusetts, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sandwich-en-name-QQXdK8KW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wich, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 8 11 46 12 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wich: 16 18 15 35 15 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 5 13 46 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 4 9 52 9 0
  5. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
    A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in New Hampshire, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in New Hampshire, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sandwich-en-name-Hs9GXLLa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Earldom of Sandwich, Earl of Sandwich, Port Sandwich, sandwich, Sandwich Island, Sandwich Islands, South Sandwich Islands

Noun

Forms: Sandwiches [plural]
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwiċæ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Sandwiċæ}} Old English Sandwiċæ, {{suffix|en|sand|wich}} sand + -wich Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sandwich (plural Sandwiches)
  1. Obsolete form of sandwich. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: sandwich
    Sense id: en-Sandwich-en-noun-kc~qc81k

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1762 November 24 (date written), Edward Gibbon, “Memoirs of My Life and Writings”, in John Lord Sheffield [i.e., John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield], editor, Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, and T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell), […], published 1796, →OCLC, page 110:",
          "text": "I dined at the Cocoa Tree […] That reſpectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a ſight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the firſt men in the kingdom, in point of faſhion and fortune, ſupping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle of a coffee-room, upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich, and drinking a glaſs of punch.",
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          "ref": "1771 (first performance), Samuel Foote, “Act I.”, in The Maid of Bath, a Comedy of Three Acts, […], London: […] George Allen, […], published [1775?], page 10:",
          "text": "Sir Ch[ristopher]. Not a morſel, Tom, if you would give me the univerſe. / Rack[et]. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or ſo.",
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          "ref": "1789 August 27, “Foreign Intelligence”, in The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, number 3369, Philadelphia, Pa., published 1789 November 17, page [2], column 2:",
          "text": "A Receipt to thin the Houſe of Commons. Put Mr. Martin in the chair—let Mr. Alderman Watſon have the opening ſpeech—Mr. Hawkins Brown the anſwer—Mr. Drake the reply—Mr. Beaufoy the rejoinder—and forbid the eating of Sandwiches in the gallery. Probatum eſt!",
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          "ref": "1790 February 27, “Oratorios”, in The Times, number 1615, London, page [3], column 1:",
          "text": "Anstruther is a mighty good ſort of a man—but every man is not born an orator; even Mrs. Anſtruther, who has an excellent underſtanding, is obliged to have recourſe to Sandwiches, to render the unavoidable attendance ſupportable.",
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          "ref": "1841 October, Thomas Ingoldsby [pseudonym; Richard Barham], “The Auto-da-fé. A Legend of Spain.”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume X, London: Richard Bentley, […], canto II, page 473:",
          "text": "While many a suitor, / And gay coadjutor / In the eating-and-drinking line, scorns to be neuter; / One, being perhaps just return’d with his tutor / From travel in England, is tempting his “future” / With a luxury neat as imported, “The Pewter,” / And charming the dear Violantes and Iñeses / With a three-corner’d Sandwich, and soupçon of “Guinness’s;” / While another, from Paris but newly come back, / Hints “the least taste in life” of the best cogniac.",
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          "ref": "1843 March 11, The Port Phillip Gazette, volume V, number 433, Melbourne, Vic., page [3], column 5:",
          "text": "FORSTER & DAVIS Will sell by public auction, at their Mart, THIS DAY, the 11th March, instant, at twelve o’clock, […] One egg whisk / Six Sandwich boxes assorted / Six gravy strainers […]",
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