hoagie

Meaning

Noun

• A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.

Related

Similar words

• see sub

Origin

• Uncertain. Often suggested to derive from hog, either in reference to Hog Island, a site of shipyards that employed Italian immigrants (who were supposedly called hoggies and who supposedly packed these sandwiches for lunch), or in reference to pork as an ingredient.