Italian sandwich

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of submarine sandwich consisting of French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion. US
  2. 2
    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

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

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