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  • Eng. (originally Philadelphia) "hero, large sandwich made from a long, split roll," originally hoggie (c. 1936), traditionally said to be named for Big Band songwriter Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981), but the use of the word pre-dates his celebrity and the original spelling seems to suggest another source.

    Seeing Patterns 2006

  • DB - Original Bronco Al "Hoagy" Carmichael Visits Dove Valley - Broncos TV

    Mile High Report 2009

  • Rushing Hoagy like that certainly subverted the lilt and turned the tables, so much so that I used to think 'Maybe you should slow down a little yourself Hoagy and leave that Lazy Bones alone.'

    Rick Holland: Top 10 Aural and Poetic Delights Rick Holland 2011

  • Hoagy Carmichael was born in Indiana,” he used to complain to me.

    Me and Ezra Pound, Back Home Again in Indiana Con Chapman 2012

  • Another very good 'sped up' song in our homemade cassette recorded radio shows was Hoagy Carmichael's "Lazy Bones."

    Rick Holland: Top 10 Aural and Poetic Delights Rick Holland 2011

  • Clearly, the pre-"Respect" Franklin could ace anything the label put before her—from Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark" to Neal Hefti's "How to Murder Your Wife."

    The Search for Aretha's Sound Marc Myers 2011

  • Hoagy Carmichael sang it and I remembered pain, gold melting and burning my skin.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • If it weren't for Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael, the goyim would go home without a medal, like the Cuban Winter Olympics team.

    With Ann Coulter on the Jewish Conversion Tour Con Chapman 2012

  • I like that one, too, but the first time I heard a song called “Stardust,” it was sung by Hoagy Carmichael, just him and a piano, and it was spelled “Star Dust.”

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • The first season, shot in black and white the series went color in 1961, featured songwriting great Hoagy Carmichael as a ranch hand.

    TV on DVD 2011

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