hoagie

English
A hoagie

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Often suggested to derive from hog, either in reference to Hog Island, a site of shipyards that employed Italian immigrants (who were supposedly called hoggies and who supposedly packed these sandwiches for lunch), or in reference to pork as an ingredient.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.ɡi/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Noun

hoagie (plural hoagies)

  1. (US, central and eastern Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.
    I am going to Wawa to get a hoagie for lunch.

Synonyms
  • (sandwich): see sub

References
  1. “hoagie” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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