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Submarine sandwich

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise. Canada, US

    ""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—""

  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

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

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