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spuky

American

[spoo-kee] / ˈspu ki /

Or spukie

noun

Chiefly Boston. a hero sandwich.

Regionalisms

See hero sandwich.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

spukies

plural

Etymology

Origin of spuky

Origin uncertain

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