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- noun UK, informal a
sandwich - noun UK, birdwatching the sandwich tern.
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Examples
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Ciabatta with grilled goat's cheese, tomato, rocket and pesto shows just how far even the humble "sarnie" has evolved.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Stuffing, horseradish, cranberry or bread sauces, some cold greens for heating up in a pan, and maybe even some of the fat from the roasting tin, all present opportunities for gilding the lily of a plain cold-cut sarnie.
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I knew I shouldnt have had that cheese sarnie at 11pm
Cartoon: Martin Rowson on George Osborne's bright, progressive new dawn 2011
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The Cold Fried Chicken sarnie with a homemade buttermilk ranch schmear is winning the popularity contest.
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The cashier in Camden tells me the Marinara is the shop's second-most popular sarnie, after the BMT Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest, which is filled with pepperoni, salami and ham.
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In the daytime, try a River Cottage bacon sarnie (£4), or a Canteen breakfast (£8.50) served with meaty herb sausages made in Okehampton to a River Cottage recipe.
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So refreshing to see a happy fat guy making a sarnie instead of some silly woman that looks like a the Darfur rep for weight watchers telling us carbohydrates will kill us all.
Downtown Lunch: Rosario's | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2008
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When eating pheasant sarnie at work (Thanks to my mate the Old Duffer) make sure tooth not damaged on strat shotgun pellet. on January 22, 2008 at 8: 05 pm | Reply Why do we bother?
Absolutely Nothing « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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He was asked if he'd like a meal deal including a sarnie, drink and crisps for £3.95, but he didn't fancy crisps at that hour.
Simon Hoggart's week: Lot valley? The French aren't kidding 2010
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Anyone have a spare flapjack or sarnie to placate the rather hungry-looking Mr Rentoul?
oooOOOOOooooh! Adam Macqueen 2009
arby commented on the word sarnie
I love this word so much. Only in the U.K. would they come up with such an adorable nickname for sandwich!!
October 4, 2007
sarra commented on the word sarnie
We also call them sammiches :)
October 4, 2007
arby commented on the word sarnie
Interesting - I always thought that was an American coinage. I wonder if it developed independently on both sides of the Atlantic?
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sarnie
Or in some parts of my area, sangwich. Which makes me batty.
October 4, 2007
arby commented on the word sarnie
Sangwich makes me think of Dane Cook.
*ducks rain of stones deservedly thrown*
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sarnie
Nnnnoooooooo!
October 4, 2007
MaryW commented on the word sarnie
"I offered to make bacon sarnies for everyone."
Marie Browne, Narrow Margins (Mid-Glamorgan: Accent Press Ltd., 2009)
November 3, 2015