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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)
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==Etymology==
− First recorded in 1762,^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) said to be named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792),^(OED 1989)^(AHD) who once spent twenty-four hours at the gaming table with nothing to eat but slices of cold beef between slices of toast.^(OED 1989) This account of the word is first given by Grosley in 1770.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)
+ Said to be named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792),^(OED 1989)^(AHD) who once spent twenty-four hours at the gaming table with nothing to eat but slices of cold beef between slices of toast.^(OED 1989) This account of the word is first given by Grosley in 1770.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The earl's title is from Sandwich in Kent, Old English ''Sandwicæ'', literally “sandy harbour”.^(Etymonline)
− By 1762 sandwiches were being served in fashionable dining clubs.^(Etymonline)
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Two thin slices of bread with a filling, originally of meat, eaten as a light meal (1762).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ By 1762 sandwiches were being served in fashionable dining clubs.^(Etymonline) Cook named the Hawaiian islands the Sandwich Islands in the earl's honour (1778).^(Etymonline) From the 1830s the word was applied to a man carrying advertisement boards in front and behind,^(OED 1989) and later to anything layered between two other things.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary) The verb “to insert between two other things” dates from 1841 according to Etymonline, or 1861 according to the OED and Merriam-Webster.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) The open sandwich, on a single slice of bread, is recorded by 1920.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1762 – first recorded.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1770 – Grosley's account of the name.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)
+ * 1778 – Cook names the Sandwich Islands.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1836–9 – a man carrying advertisement boards.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1841 – verb, “to insert between two things”.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1864 – ''sandwich board''.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1920 – the open sandwich.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Two or more slices of bread with a filling between them, or a split roll filled in the same way.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Anything consisting of a layer between two others.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ===Verb===
+ # To put something tightly between two other things.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To fit something in between other events or commitments.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ In Ireland and the UK ''sandwich'' usually implies sliced bread; similar foods made with other kinds of bread are often called ''filled rolls''.^(Wiktionary)
==References==