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open sandwich

noun

  1. a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.



open sandwich

noun

  1. a slice of bread covered with a spread or filling but without a top

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of open sandwich1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

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But his lasting legacy may be his role in making avocado toast a Western culinary staple – and, inadvertently, the viral meme that transformed the open sandwich into a symbol of generational tension.

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There were also delicate Danish open sandwiches, but the only sausages I saw were being sold by Lund, a butcher, for cooking at home.

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Spread across the narrow ledge in front of the mail slot was an open sandwich, a bag of chips and a tall drink.

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘The quick pickle will make at least six open sandwiches. It will keep in good nick for a day or two’: Nigel Slater’s roast pork and red cabbage sandwiches recipe.

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A roasted radicchio open sandwich is mellower and much more filling.

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