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sandwiches - 3 dictionary results

sand⋅wich

[sand-wich, san-]
–noun
1. two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
2. open sandwich.
3. something resembling or suggesting a sandwich, as something in horizontal layers: a plywood sandwich.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put into a sandwich.
5. to insert between two other things: to sandwich an appointment between two board meetings.

Origin:
1755–65; named after the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718–92)

Sand⋅wich

[sand-wich, san-]
–noun
a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports. 4467.
sand·wich   (sānd'wĭch, sān'-)   
n.  
    1. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.
    2. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
    3. One slice of bread covered with a filling.
  1. Something resembling a sandwich.
tr.v.   sand·wiched, sand·wich·ing, sand·wich·es
  1. To make into or as if into a sandwich.
  2. To insert (one thing) tightly between two other things of differing character or quality.
  3. To make room or time for: sandwiched a vacation between business trips.

[After John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), British politician.]
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