footlong
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of footlong
First recorded in 1680–90; foot ( def. ) + long 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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One VIC client told me she was always happy to get her hands on a Subway coupon for a footlong sandwich, which she cut into pieces to make three meals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Meanwhile, one end of the observation car had been filled by several women in white bonnets, joined by men with straw hats, footlong beards and no mustaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
He whipped back around, wound up, and threw his footlong Subway sub at the agent, hitting him square in the chest.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
This isn’t the first time Subway has offered its footlong cookie dessert.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
A narrow, flattened, expressionless head was followed by a footlong strip of yellow-barred scales; then there was a pause, and the head turned, in a beautifully symmetrical half-circle, towards the whistler.
From Openings in the Old Trail by Bret Harte
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