hoagy
or hoa·gie
[ hoh-gee ]
/ ˈhoʊ gi /
noun, plural hoa·gies. New Jersey and Pennsylvania (chiefly Philadelphia ).
a hero sandwich.
Origin of hoagy
1965–70,
Americanism; a number of anecdotal hypotheses have been advanced as to the orig. of the word, most claiming it to be derivative of
hog, either in reference to pork as an ingredient, or as an epithet for a person capable of eating such a sandwich, or alluding to
Hog Island, an industrial and shipping area of South Philadelphia; but corroborating evidence is lacking; see
-ie
regional variation note for hoagy
See
hero sandwich.
Words nearby hoagy
Definition for hoagy (2 of 2)
Carmichael
[ kahr-mahy-kuh l ]
/ ˈkɑr maɪ kəl /
noun
Hoag·land Howard
[hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/, Hoagy,1899–1981,
U.S. songwriter and musician.
Stoke·ly [stohk-lee] /ˈstoʊk li/, Kwame Ture,1941–1998,
U.S. civil-rights leader, born in Trinidad: chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1966–67.
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
Example sentences from the Web for hoagy
Hoagy was somewhat good-looking but far from movie-star handsome.
British Dictionary definitions for hoagy
Carmichael
/ (kɑːˈmaɪkəl) /
noun
Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929).