Emoji dictionary
🥪 Sandwich emoji
[sand-wich ih-moh-jee]
What does 🥪 Sandwich emoji mean?
It’s lunch time somewhere!
The sandwich emoji is a yummy looking image of a sandwich, two slices of bread with cheese, tomato, and lettuce, and on some platforms, a deli meat is also represented. It’s used in posts related to … sandwiches!
Very complex.
Where does 🥪 Sandwich emoji come from?
The sandwich emoji was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 in 2017. Sandwiches got there name from an old dude from a long, long time ago. In 1755–65 the word was first recorded and was named after the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718–92).
Examples of 🥪 Sandwich emoji
Who uses 🥪 Sandwich emoji?
Ham and cheese! BLT! Perhaps, a little caprese? Or, a classic grilled cheese? Who doesn’t like sandwiches?
This emoji shows up just about anywhere that the most popular lunch fare is being discussed. Sometimes it can be used to reference dinner or eating in general … and even to cute pets.
lunch 🥪🍴 pic.twitter.com/18kiEeHPIF
— kas (@sunakaskas) October 29, 2018
Break 🍕🍝🥪 pic.twitter.com/ry3V9eqO3d
— pierre (@pierreFirst) October 29, 2018
We’re hungry … how about you?
We dare say that an eggplant parm #sandwich never looked so delicious. 🍅 🧀 🥪 #SandwichoftheDay Winner!!! pic.twitter.com/gV3mbL3KYO
— Sandwich America (@SandwichAmerica) October 27, 2018
The sandwich emoji even pops up in cute dog posts! Why not?
🍞 lightly toasted
🥪 toasted
🔥 burnt pic.twitter.com/RcTIpJNNH0— Star★Salts (@starsalts) October 28, 2018
Note
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