sarnie

Examples of sarnie in a sentence

• Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 7:
• Just like Marple, there's a plaque at the London terminus [Paddington] commemorating a fictional character - a polite, friendly little bear from darkest Peru who has a penchant for marmalade sarnies.2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:

Synonyms of sarnie

• sammie sanger
• sango
• sarmie
• sambo
• butty

Forms of sarnie

Origin of sarnie

From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.

Words formed from sarnie

• tongue sarnie

Words that rhyme with sarnie

• barney
• blarney
• carny
• Karney

Questions about sarnie

What does sarnie mean?

Sarnie means a sandwich.

How do you use sarnie in a sentence?

Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.

What part of speech is sarnie?

Sarnie is a noun.

How do you pronounce sarnie?

Sarnie is pronounced /ˈsɑːni/ (UK).

What is the plural of sarnie?

The plural of sarnie is sarnies.