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sandwich noun [ ˈsan(d)wɪdʒ ]

• an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal.
• "a ham sandwich"
• relating to a sandwich course.
• "the degree includes a sandwich year"

sandwich verb

• insert or squeeze (someone or something) between two other people or things, typically in a restricted space or so as to be uncomfortable.
• "the girl was sandwiched between two burly men in the back of the car"
Origin: mid 18th century: named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–92), an English nobleman said to have eaten food in this form so as not to leave the gaming table.

the meat in the sandwich

• a person who is awkwardly caught between two opposing factions.
"she was fed up of being the meat in the sandwich of everyone's feud"



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