Philly
- noun
- /ˈfɪli/
- US
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sándwich de bistec y queso
- OK, Philly cheese steak, y'all making me hungry.
I was also working at Charlie's Philly cheese steaks at the mall food court at the same time.
- I was also working at Charlie's Philly cheese steaks at the mall food court at the same time.
- I've been really into if I order from Domino's, it's Philly steak and bacon on it.
Examples
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I was also working at Charlie's Philly cheese steaks at the mall food court at the same time.
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They had they had Philly cheese steak and it's amazing.
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Well, we're answering that call with this ginormous Philly cheese stick.
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There's the shots of Pats and Gino's famous steak, cheese steak, Philly cheese steak places.
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At lunch, he always orders a Philly packed with melted cheese and tender steak.
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My favorite dinner is a classic Philly with onions and peppers on a toasted roll.
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When visiting Philadelphia, you have to try an authentic Philly from a local shop.
Synonyms
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A sandwich with thin slices of beef and melted cheese in a long roll
Surface Forms
Morphology
Philly = Philadelphia (semi-transparent) = Philadelphia + y
Formed from the city name but used metonymically to name a sandwich; the link to the city is clear but the object (a sandwich) is an extension that learners may not deduce from the base alone.
Etymology
Philly can also mean a 'Philly cheesesteak', a sandwich named after Philadelphia, where it was first made. So a Philly usually means the thin steak and melted cheese sandwich that comes from that city.