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PBJ

American  
Or PB&J,

noun

  • PBJs
    plural
  1. peanut butter and jelly (sandwich).

    A cold glass of milk and a PBJ—does it get any better than that?


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of PBJ

First recorded in 1970–75


Example Sentences

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It's like if a BLT met a PBJ and they had the sweetest baby and then you got to eat that baby, that's what this tastes like.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2022

Should I just let them make a PBJ?

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020

It's okay if the kids eat cereal or PBJ for dinner a few nights a week, watch too much TV, etc.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2020

Wrote Angel: “As our tech pushed the eject button, out came a crusty, half-eaten PBJ sandwich!”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2018

I eat a lot of pizza these days, PBJ.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

Fonzie, a.k.a. the Fonz — which luckier ’70s kids than I got to schlep their PBJs to school in and which is now in the collection of the Smithsonian.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

But it was another King, he of sparkling spandex and bacon-banana PBJs and an affinity for Kahlil Gibran, who was beckoning me.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2017

Resting on the sand, we ate our PBJs, watching the waves and soaking in the solitude of a beach all our own.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2016

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