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baloney

baloney

6 4.2
A large smoked sausage often sliced for sandwiches
  • noun
  • /bəˈloʊni/
  • US
translation icon : mortadela
  • For lunch, I made myself a delicious baloney sandwich topped with mustard and lettuce.
  • baloney sandwich
  • slice of baloney
  • baloney and cheese

For instance, I like ham, you like baloney.

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Examples

  • We order pizza or make baloney sandwiches.

    Blog text (19)
  • A fried baloney sandwich is not a lot to ask for.

  • Look, I have baloney for you.

  • ...and a week's supply of baloney.

  • Just walk up, hand me the baloney sandwich and be on your way.

  • You got any baloney sandwich in there?

  • I made him a baloney sandwich and he only ate the meat.

  • That's slightly better for you than baloney and hot dogs.

  • The mother who served us baloney or tuna sandwiches wore jeans and old shirts.

    Academic text (2007)
  • You make your own school lunches a day ahead of time (baloney sandwiches, an egg, sometimes a tomato).

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

sausage
vsbaloney
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

is a smooth smoked loaf for slicing, not always encased
lunch meat
vsbaloney
  • US
2 1.7

Cold sliced cooked meat used in sandwiches or as a snack

is specifically the smoked smooth sandwich loaf rather than other processed slices
sausage meat
vsbaloney
1 1.5

Minced meat mixed with spices for making sausages or patties

is the cooked smoked and sliced finished loaf rather than raw mix
Bologna sausage
vsbaloney
  • US
2.6

A large smooth smoked sausage often sliced and eaten cold

is the exact same product with identical description

Surface Forms

baloney singular
baloneys plural

Etymology

Baloney the food name comes from Bologna, a city in Italy, where a large, smooth sausage began. English speakers spell it bologna but often say it 'baloney', and now baloney means the cooked sausage sliced for sandwiches.