hero sandwich
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈhɪəroʊ ˈsænwɪtʃ/
- US
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sándwich héroe
- Aren't you the guy that lost all that weight eating those fast food hero sandwiches?
- eat a hero sandwich
Examples
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He'd made eighteen bucks, enough for a hero sandwich, butts, and three bottles of dago red.
Fiction book (1991) -
The cafeteria staff requests sidekicks stop ordering hero sandwiches.
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I've often wondered if the derivation of the phrase "hero sandwich"... Comes from the word "heroic."
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I ordered a hero sandwich filled with turkey, lettuce, and tomatoes for lunch.
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She enjoyed her hero sandwich with extra pickles and spicy mustard.
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After the game, we grabbed a hero sandwich to satisfy our hunger.
Synonyms
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1.0
Two slices of bread with food like meat or cheese between them for a meal
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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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7.7
A large sandwich on a long crusty roll with meat and cheese
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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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9.9
A large sandwich on a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and lettuce
A large sandwich made with a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and vegetables
A large sandwich made from a long crusty roll filled with meat and cheese
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derivable from the constituents: 'hero' (a long split-roll sandwich) combined with 'sandwich' simply specifies a type of sandwich on a long roll. This noun+noun composition follows regular compositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Hero sandwich may come from old New York, where these sandwiches were so large that a newspaper writer joked you would have to be a hero 'to eat' one. That's why hero sandwich means a very large sandwich today.