Sandwich

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).

proper noun

1
A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).
2
An English habitational surname originating from this town.
The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families.
3
One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
4
One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
5
One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.

Etymology

The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.

noun

1
Variant of sandwichobsoleteObsolete form of sandwich.
I dined at the Cocoa Tree […] That reſpectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a ſight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the firſt men in the kingdom, in point of faſhion and fortune, ſupping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle of a coffee-room, upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich, and drinking a glaſs of punch.
Sir Ch[ristopher]. Not a morſel, Tom, if you would give me the univerſe. / Rack[et]. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or ſo.
A Receipt to thin the Houſe of Commons. Put Mr. Martin in the chair—let Mr. Alderman Watſon have the opening ſpeech—Mr. Hawkins Brown the anſwer—Mr. Drake the reply—Mr. Beaufoy the rejoinder—and forbid the eating of Sandwiches in the gallery. Probatum eſt!
Anstruther is a mighty good ſort of a man—but every man is not born an orator; even Mrs. Anſtruther, who has an excellent underſtanding, is obliged to have recourſe to Sandwiches, to render the unavoidable attendance ſupportable.

Forms

plural: Sandwiches

sands · sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an…Sands · A surname.sandwich · A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically…

Sandwich · A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).

sandy · Covered with sand.Sandy · A unisex given name from diminutives A diminutive of the male…sane · Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking…

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