submarine sandwich

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A submarine sandwich

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

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submarine sandwich (plural submarine sandwiches)

  1. (US, Canada) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise.
    • 1942, Ludwig Bemelmans, “Vacation”, in I Love You, I Love You, I Love You![2], New York: Viking Press, pages 147–148:
      "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—"

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  1. ^ Eames, Edwin; Robboy, Howard (December 1967), “The Submarine Sandwich, Lexical Variations in a Cultural Context”, in American Speech[1], volume 42, issue 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 279–288.