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Dagwood sandwiches

Dagwood sandwiches is the plural of Dagwood sandwich.

Meaning of Dagwood sandwich

Noun

Dagwood sandwich (plural Dagwood sandwiches)

  1. (informal) An exceptionally thick sandwich made with numerous layers of various meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments.
    • The kind of sandwich he made famous, the Dagwood sandwich, is a hodgepodge of leftovers in the refrigerator all wedged in between two slices of bread.1980, Arthur Asa Berger, Television As An instrument of Terror, →ISBN, page 76
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A thick stack of flat objects or a complicated melange of diverse components or ingredients.
    • As one of Groucho Marx's writers told it: an unemployed actor was interrupted at breakfast by his wife carrying a Dagwood sandwich of unpaid bills.1956 February 27, “Medicine: Don't-Give-a-Damn Pills”, in Time, retrieved 19 Apr 2014

Questions about Dagwood sandwiches

What is Dagwood sandwiches the plural of?
Dagwood sandwiches is the plural of Dagwood sandwich.

Words near Dagwood sandwiches in the dictionary

  1. Dagwood burger
  2. Dagwood burgers
  3. dagwood dog
  4. dagwood dogs
  5. dagwood sandwich
  6. Dagwood sandwiches
  7. dagwoods
  8. Dagworth
  9. Dagzê
  10. Dagâța
  11. dah

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