variants
or less commonly hoagy
plural hoagies
US
: a large sandwich on a long split roll with any of a variety of fillings : a submarine sandwich (see submarine entry 2 sense 2)
A traveler from New Orleans, accustomed to ordering a poor boy for lunch, still must order a grinder in Upstate New York to get a sandwich on a long hard roll. In Boston it is called submarine, but in Philadelphia the sandwich is a hoagie…—
Ann Himmelberger Wald
Ann Himmelberger WaldHoagie is the name given to the sandwich in Philadelphia. Hoagie is common throughout Pennsylvania and much of southern New Jersey.—William Grimes
William GrimesA steak hoagie was even better. The thin-sliced meat was tender, the bun soft and fresh, the provolone properly melted, all the innards in adequate helpings and the dressing unusually tasty …—Pete Bishop
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Examples of hoagie in a Sentence
She had a meatball hoagie for lunch.
had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia
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Yes, but: The Pennsylvania company's stores are well-known for personal hoagies and breakfast sammies.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Over the past four years in Denver, he’s built a huge following for his hoagies and other dishes at pop-ups at Bar Dough, King of Wings and Sunny’s.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024
However, a sleeper hit on the menu is actually the Italian sandwich, a behemoth loaded down with meats and cheeses on a hoagie sub roll.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
In the same fashion as the drinks, dishes are relatively small and rotate often in the hopes that patrons try a few unique things, like the brown sugar curry cheese curds or the Thai peanut hoagie, both on the menu as of late August.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2024
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Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Over the past four years in Denver, he’s built a huge following for his hoagies and other dishes at pop-ups at Bar Dough, King of Wings and Sunny’s.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024
However, a sleeper hit on the menu is actually the Italian sandwich, a behemoth loaded down with meats and cheeses on a hoagie sub roll.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
In the same fashion as the drinks, dishes are relatively small and rotate often in the hopes that patrons try a few unique things, like the brown sugar curry cheese curds or the Thai peanut hoagie, both on the menu as of late August.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Hoagie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoagie. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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hoagie
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hoa·gie
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