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HOAGIE
bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoagie (plural hoagies)
(US, Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.
Synonyms
• (sandwich): see sub
Source: Wiktionary
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