HERO SANDWICH Definition & Meaning

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hero sandwich

a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

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An Americanism dating back to 1950–55

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Layering cheese first in this Italian hero sandwich keeps the bread dry and fluffy.

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Smart's piquant gibes provide comedy meat in this sorrowful hero sandwich, and it's a flavor that shouldn't work here but it does.

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Two weeks earlier, a sea gull clutching an entire hero sandwich landed near their lawn.

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Now he’s turned his attention to the Italian hero sandwich.

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They died quickly, “the way a hero sandwich dies in the garment district at twelve o’clock in the afternoon,” as the poet Pinero put it.

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