ham sandwich

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ham sandwich

noun ham sandwiches · hamsandwich · ham-sandwich

  1. countable, rare, uncountable, usually A sandwich made with ham. Muttsen looked at Eva and Eva looked at Muttsen—and Eva did not cry out, Eva slept gently—Eva ate a little sausage—a piece of ham sandwich, for her supper—Eva ate it all up; […]
  2. US, countable, figuratively, usually Something utterly commonplace, of modest value. but did you ever hear of a young man, who becomes a millionaire in the approved style, starting life on a farm, studying by the light of a tallow dip, and coming to the city with forty-five cents and a ham sandwich
  3. countable, slang, usually, vulgar A vulva.

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noun sandwich made with ham

Españolpan con jamón
Portuguêssanduíche de presunto
DeutschSchinkenbrot

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@misc{ham_sandwich_2026,
  title = {ham sandwich},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ham%20sandwich},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}