| 单词 | hero sandwich |
| 释义 | > as lemmashero sandwich hero sandwich n. U.S. regional (esp. New York City) a large sandwich consisting of (half of) a long roll or loaf of bread, cut lengthways and typically filled with meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.; cf. hoagie n., sub n.10 2. [No contemporary evidence supporting the theory of the name's origin given in quot. 1983 has been found. A connection with gyro n.2 has also sometimes been suggested, but that is implausible on chronological, formal, and semantic grounds.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread with spread or filling > [noun] > sandwich > other sandwiches cheese sandwich1828 bacon sandwich1858 cucumber sandwich1896 club sandwich1903 western sandwich1908 Reuben sandwich1927 poor boy1931 po' boy1932 hero1938 hero sandwich1939 foot-long1941 steak sandwich1941 sub1948 sub sandwich1948 submarine1949 BLT1952 panini1955 tuna sandwich1957 hoagie1967 muffuletta1967 gyro1971 PBJ1971 stotty1971 Philadelphia cheesesteak1977 Philly cheesesteak1982 banh mi1985 1939 W. Winchell in Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 22 June 10/3 Tastiest tidbits on the Island [sc. Coney Island] are..the Hero Sandwich (a loaf of Italian bread with ham and Swiss, American or Bel Paese cheese), [etc.]. 1959 R. Condon Manchurian Candidate v. 91 She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand like a labourer who had just finished a hero sandwich and a bottle of beer. 1972 New Yorker 1 July 21/2 An office just above a hero-sandwich shop. 1983 J. F. Mariani Dict. Amer. Food & Drink 193 Hero, also, ‘hero sandwich’ and ‘Italian hero sandwich’... In the 1930s [food writer] Clementine Paddleford noted that the name derived from the hyperbole that one must be a hero to eat such a sandwich. 2004 Chile Pepper Feb. 111/3 This is another style of hero sandwich, made with a long French loaf sliced sideways. < as lemmas |
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