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English
Noun
hamsandwich (plural hamsandwiches)
- Rare spelling of ham sandwich (“sandwich made with ham”).
- 1929, Samuel Beckett, Dante...Bruno. Vico...Joyce, quoted in 1992 in Samuel Beckett 1970-1989 (edited by Marius Buning, Sjef Houppermans), page 70:
- carefully folded hamsandwich
1949, Mayhew's London: being selections from 'London labour and the London poor' (which was first published in 1851), page 48:The hamsandwich men and pig-trotter women will give you notice when the time is come, for with the first clatter of the descending footsteps they commence their cries.
2008, Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window Into Human Nature:That's why the waitress or intern would probably not use the hamsandwich / gallbladder construction within earshot of the patron's or patient's spouse.