Italian beef

An Italian beef sandwich with a lot of onions and peppers.

Meaning

Noun

A sandwich of thin slices of seasoned roast beef on a dense, long Italian-style roll.

Origin

Shortening of "Italian beef sandwich", because the sandwiches were made, using beef, by Italian immigrants in Chicago.

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