hoagy
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈhoʊɡi/
- US
:
submarino
- For lunch, I enjoyed a delicious hoagy filled with turkey, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- eat hoagies
Examples
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He always orders his favorite hoagy with extra cheese and spicy mustard.
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A local shop called "In The Sound" donated all the hoagies.
Blog text (10) -
I just had one of those hoagies at 7-Eleven.
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Flies hovered over the free hoagies in the corner.
Fiction book (2000) -
Best hoagies in town.
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When pressed about what a Philly accent is like, Coops obliged and used a South Philly twang to drop a "hoagies" reference.
Blog text (34) -
Tina Gaydos, along with her friend and her friend's daughter, are loading up her car here in Kingston with hundreds of hoagies, snacks, bags of apples, gallons of water, and even pet food.
Blog text (10) -
At the picnic, we made sure to pack plenty of hoagies for everyone to enjoy.
Synonyms
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2.8
A long bread roll filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables
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8.2
A large sandwich on a long roll filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables
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4.4
A long sandwich filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables
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2.7
A long bread roll cut open and filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables
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8.9
A large sandwich made from a long roll split lengthwise and filled with meat
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8.3
A large sandwich on a long roll filled with meats and cheese
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5.0
A long sandwich filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables
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3.2
A long sandwich filled with meat, cheese and salad
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2.1
A long bread roll split open and filled with meats, cheese, and salad vegetables
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2.8
A large sandwich on a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and vegetables
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9.9
A large sandwich on a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and lettuce
A large sandwich made from a long crusty roll filled with meat and cheese
A large sandwich made with a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and vegetables
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Hoagy likely comes from workers on Hog Island near Philadelphia who ate very large sandwiches that people began to call 'hoagies'. So today a hoagy means a big sandwich, like a 'sub' or 'hero'.