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hamsandwich

hamsandwich is the rare spelling of ham sandwich.

Meaning of ham sandwich

Noun

ham sandwich (usually countable, plural ham sandwiches)

  1. (countable, rare, uncountable, usually) A sandwich made with ham.
    • Muttsen looked at Eva and Eva looked at Muttsen—and Eva did not cry out, Eva slept gently—Eva ate a little sausage—a piece of ham sandwich, for her supper—Eva ate it all up; […]1919, H. von Hug-Hellmuth, translated by James J[ackson] Putnam and Mabel Stevens, A Study of the Mental Life of the Child (Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series; 29), Washington, D.C.: Nervous...
  2. (US, figuratively, usually) Something utterly commonplace, of modest value.
    • but did you ever hear of a young man, who becomes a millionaire in the approved style, starting life on a farm, studying by the light of a tallow dip, and coming to the city with forty-five cents and a ham sandwich1900, Charles A. Conant, “The Financial Future of the United States”, in The Bankers magazine, volume 61, page 603
  3. (slang, usually, vulgar) A vulva.

Forms of hamsandwich

pluralhamsandwiches

Questions about hamsandwich

What is hamsandwich the rare spelling of?
Hamsandwich is the rare spelling of ham sandwich.

Words near hamsandwich in the dictionary

  1. hams
  2. Hams Hall
  3. hams it up
  4. hams up
  5. hamsa
  6. hamsandwich
  7. hamsandwiches
  8. hamsas
  9. Hamsey
  10. hamshackle
  11. hamshackled

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