club sandwich
- noun
- /klʌb ˈsænwɪtʃ/
- She paused between bites of her turkey club sandwich to choose her words carefully.
- order a club sandwich
- eat a club sandwich
- turkey club sandwich
That's a fairly basic one, but I've had some really good like club sandwiches.
- That's a fairly basic one, but I've had some really good like club sandwiches.
- Yeah, like a like a club sandwich, a BLT even club sandwich for BLT really good with Mayo.
Examples
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They make a very good club sandwich here.
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Could I please have a club sandwich and a Thai green Curry?
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How about a nice club sandwich?
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- Would you like a club sandwich?
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- Is that my club sandwich there?
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You want a club sandwich?
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I want the club sandwich!
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- I'll have the club sandwich.
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"Club sandwich and a Coke," I said.
Fiction book (1992) -
For lunch, I enjoyed a delicious club sandwich stacked with turkey, bacon, and fresh vegetables.
Synonyms
A sandwich with three slices of bread and two layers of filling
A sandwich made with three slices of bread and filling between each slice
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
club + sandwich
The noun 'club' modifies 'sandwich' to indicate a particular type or variety of sandwich, so a learner who knows 'club' (as a social group/place) and 'sandwich' can infer it denotes a sandwich associated with a club or a specific style. The exact recipe (three slices, bacon, poultry, etc.) is conventional and not fully predictable, but the basic compositional meaning is transparent.
Etymology
The noun club sandwich likely comes from private clubs where people met to eat. One popular story says a hotel in Saratoga, New York, served a tall sandwich with three slices of bread for club members, so people began to call it the club sandwich, which is why today it names a stacked sandwich with meat, bacon, lettuce and tomato.