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noun
A type of submarine sandwich consisting of Italian bread or French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine, US, especially
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Synonyms: Italian sub, Italian sub sandwich, Italian submarine sandwich
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: submarine sandwich[submarine sandwich|there]]>, sandwich, food
noun
Any submarine sandwich.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sandwich, food
noun
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sandwich
History
The sandwich was invented in Portland, Maine, in 1903 by Giovanni Amato, an Italian-American baker.
Across languages
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