Sandwich
['sæn(d)wɪdʒ;-wɪtʃ] or ['sænwɪtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them.
(verb.) insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; 'She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men'.
(verb.) make into a sandwich.
Inputed by Bobbie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
(v. t.) To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.
Typed by Kevin
Definition
n. two slices of bread with ham &c. between said to be named from the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92) who had such brought to him at the gaming-table that he might play on without stopping.—v.t. to lay or place between two layers to fit tight between two objects.—n. Sand′wich-man a man who perambulates the streets between two advertising boards.
Editor: Sallust
Unserious Contents or Definition
An unsuccessful attempt to make both ends meat.
Typed by Darla
Examples
- Dost thou want this other sandwich? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Vesuvius of today is a very poor affair compared to the mighty volcano of Kilauea, in the Sandwich Islands, but I am glad I visited it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would recommend a hasty sandwich. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- An outer segment fell and he picked it up and bent the circle together and put it into the sandwich. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I saw in the Sandwich Islands, once, a picture copied by a talented German artist from an engraving in one of the American illustrated papers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The knowledge of this Spaniard's invention was made known in England in 1699 by the Earl of Sandwich and John Evelyn. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two: here are the keys of the storeroom. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then do the swains appear with tea, with lemonade, with sandwiches, with homage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It's some sandwiches, my dear, said she to Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How about some sandwiches? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The operators there had been much annoyed by an army of cockroaches that used to march across the table where they put their lunches and make a raid on the sandwiches and pies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mrs. Weston proposed having no regular supper; merely sandwiches, &c. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And that then they had come to me, and had had bottled porter and sandwiches on the road. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The sandwiches came and I ate three and drank a couple more martinis. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Sandwiched between the earth and the turquoise sky, the Atlantic lay gleaming like a huge silver wafer in the sunlight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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