Dagwood sandwich

dagwood sandwich English thumb|A Dagwood sandwich Alternative forms en dagwood sandwich Etymology en Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead American comic strip character, a character in the American comic strip en Blondie (comic strip) Blondie. Noun en Sandwiches en informal An exceptionally thick sandwich made with numerous layers of various meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments. en 1980 Arthur Asa Berger Television As An instrument of Terror 9781412835657 http://books.google.ca/books?id=PO6c2APybJMC&pg=PA76&dq=%22Dagwood+sandwich%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jU9TU5iiL66s2AXhn4HADA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Dagwood%20sandwich%22&f=false 76 The kind of sandwich he made famous, the Dagwood sandwich, is a hodgepodge of leftovers in the refrigerator all wedged in between two slices of bread. en Sept 7 1999 Tom Zeller http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/07/health/vital-signs-nutrition-when-refrigerator-raiders-lose-control.html Nutrition: When Refrigerator Raiders Lose Control New York Times 19 April 2014 Everyone gets the late-night munchies now and then, whether for rocky road ice cream or a Dagwood sandwich of salami, pickles and deli Swiss on rye. https://web.archive.org/web/20250120204504/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/07/health/vital-signs-nutrition-when-refrigerator-raiders-lose-control.html 20 January 2025 en Nov 1 2012 Brian Truitt Dagwood runs for president in longtime 'Blondie' strip http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/01/president-dagwood-blondie-comic-strip/1674505/ USA Today 19 April 2014 And who wouldn't like to think of the Dagwood sandwich somewhere on the White House menu? https://web.archive.org/web/20250120204659/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/01/president-dagwood-blondie-comic-strip/1674505/ 20 January 2025 en figuratively by extension A thick stack of flat objects or a complicated melange of diverse components or ingredients. en Feb 27 1956 Medicine: Don't-Give-a-Damn Pills http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866832,00.html Time 19 April 2014 As one of Groucho Marx's writers told it: an unemployed actor was interrupted at breakfast by his wife carrying a Dagwood sandwich of unpaid bills. https://web.archive.org/web/20221104224709/https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866832,00.html 4 November 2022 en Aug 28 1984 Erik Sandberg-Diment Personal Computers: Awkward Junior Has Growing Pains http://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/28/science/personal-computers-awkward-junior-has-growing-pains.html New York Times 19 April 2014 [T]o use the full 512K theoretically available, one will have a computer carrying a Dagwood sandwich of expansion attachments on one of its sides. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206034820/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/28/science/personal-computers-awkward-junior-has-growing-pains.html 6 February 2021 en Dec 18 2013 w:Jim Geraghty The Week So Far: A Dagwood Sandwich of Bad News for Obamacare http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/366611/week-so-far-dagwood-sandwich-bad-news-obamacare-jim-geraghty National Review Online 19 April 2014 Today’s Morning Jolt is just a Dagwood sandwich of bad news for Obamacare, piled higher and higher. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308051259/http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/366611/week-so-far-dagwood-sandwich-bad-news-obamacare-jim-geraghty 8 March 2017 Synonyms en dagwood Dagwood dag Dag dag sandwich Dag sandwich Derived terms en dagwood Dagwood dag Dag dag sandwich Dag sandwich quarter dagwood half dagwood Descendants fr dagwood fr quart-dagwood quart de dagwood fr demi-dagwood Translations exceptionally thick sandwich Bulgarian: bg French: fr dagwood Swedish: sv Dagobertmacka c, sv Dagobertsmörgås c References