Dagwood sandwich
/ˈdaɡwʊd
/(also Dagwood)
noun US
A thick sandwich with a variety of different fillings.I try to support them all, but suppose you can say my favourite is The Dagwood (nice big helpings and good steak)....
- As multi-layered as a Dagwood sandwich and as forlorn as the last day of summer, the album makes the most out of misery.
- Halftime filler bonus: Now there's plenty of time to make that Dagwood sandwich.
Origin
1970s: named after Dagwood Bumstead, a comic-strip character who makes and eats this type of sandwich.
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer
- have something to one's credit
- have something to say for oneself
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary
- have the advantage of
- have the better of
- have the courage of one's convictions
- have the drop on
- have the face to do something
- have the goodness to do something
- have the heart to do something
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the legs of
- have the neck to do something
- have the pleasure of something (or of doing something)
- have the time
- have the wood on
- have tickets on oneself
- have to hand it to someone
- have to one's name