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sandwich

Definition

  • noun: two pieces of bread with something (such as meat, peanut butter, etc.) between them
  • noun: two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
  • verb: to put (someone or something) in the space between two other things or people
  • verb: to make into or as if into a sandwich
  • usually used as '(be) sandwiched between'
  • synonyms: interlard, interpose

Examples

  • The little boy 'was sandwiched between' his brother and sister in the back seat of the van.

  • She lives in an old neighborhood 'sandwiched between' the river and the railroad tracks.

  • ('chiefly US') an ice-cream 'sandwich' [=two cookies with ice cream between them]

Movie quotes

  • (..) He disappeared last year. What do you teach? Shorthand? - English. - Yeah. That's what he taught. Shorthand and speed readin'. Roast beef sandwiches all right with you guys? I'm so sick about the Columbia-Brown game, I'm lucky I could swallow. Tell us about it, Benny. Tell what? I got (..)
    1974 The Gambler