Italian sandwich

A sandwich consisting of a long roll split lengthwise and filled with sliced meat such as ham or salami, cheese such as provolone or mozzarella, and often onions, peppers, tomatoes, pickles, and olives.

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Italian sandwich - 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

hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero

sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

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