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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

  • (..) MARTY: Doc, Doc! Come in! BIFF: Where's that punk Calvin Klein, anyway? LACKEY: I don't know. I ain't his secretary. BIFF: Well, find him. He caused me $ damage. I owe him a knuckle sandwich. Get going! LACKEY: Aren't you coming? BIFF: I'm reading. STRICKLAND: Well, well, Mr. Tannen. (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II