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Dagwood sandwich

noun

Etymology

Named after American comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the American comic strip Blondie.

Definitions

  1. An exceptionally thick sandwich made with numerous layers of various meats, cheeses,…

    An exceptionally thick sandwich made with numerous layers of various meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments.

    • The kind of sandwich he made famous, the Dagwood sandwich, is a hodgepodge of leftovers in the refrigerator all wedged in between two slices of bread.
    • Everyone gets the late-night munchies now and then, whether for rocky road ice cream or a Dagwood sandwich of salami, pickles and deli Swiss on rye.
    • And who wouldn't like to think of the Dagwood sandwich somewhere on the White House menu?

  2. A thick stack of flat objects or a complicated melange of diverse components or…

    A thick stack of flat objects or a complicated melange of diverse components or ingredients.

    • As one of Groucho Marx's writers told it: an unemployed actor was interrupted at breakfast by his wife carrying a Dagwood sandwich of unpaid bills.
    • [T]o use the full 512K theoretically available, one will have a computer carrying a Dagwood sandwich of expansion attachments on one of its sides.
    • Today’s Morning Jolt is just a Dagwood sandwich of bad news for Obamacare, piled higher and higher.

  3. Alternative form of Dagwood sandwich.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA