Word of the Day:
hoagie
What It Means
A sandwich made on a long Italian bread or Italian roll.
I'm going to Wawa to get a hoagie for lunch. Do any of yuhz want anything?
Hoagie in Context
“Many of my early paychecks from waitressing at 15 were spent on hoagies; fat and sauce dripping down my chin as the beige delights in the wrap merged together to create a wrong-but-right finished product.”
Did You Know?
Uncertain. Often suggested to derive from hog, either in reference to Hog Island, a site of shipyards that employed Italian immigrants (who were supposedly called hoggies and who supposedly packed these sandwiches for lunch), or in reference to pork as an ingredient.
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