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Hoagie

//ˈhoʊ.ɡi// noun

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Noun

1
A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich. Mid-Atlantic, Pennsylvania, US
"I'm going to Wawa to get a hoagie for lunch."
2
A tortilla or chapati wrap filled with meat (usually doner kebab meat; seasoned lamb or mutton), chips and cheese. Scotland
"Known as a "hoagie", the combination of chips, doner kebab meat and cheese - which contains 136g of fat and 1224 calories - has been identified as the unhealthiest fastfood meal served to pupils in a recent survey."
3
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 wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

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