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Sandwich

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A piece of meat between two slices of bread; so called from the Earl of Sandwich (the noted “Jemmy Twitcher”), who passed whole days in gambling, bidding the waiter bring him for refreshment a piece of meat between two pieces of bread, which he ate without stopping from play. This contrivance was not first hit upon by the earl in the reign of George III., as the Romans were very fond of “sandwiches,” called by them offula.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sandal
Sandals of Theramenes
Sandalphon
Sandalwood
Sandbanks
Sandemanians or Glassites
Sanden [sandy-den]
Sandford and Merton
Sandjar
Sandschaki or Sandschaki-sherif [the standard of green silk]
Sandwich
Sandwichman (A)
Sang Bleu
Sang Froid (French, “cool blood”)
Sangaree
Sanglamore
Sanglier (Sir)
Sangrado (Dr.)
Sangreal
Sanguine [murrey]
Sanguinary James (A)

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