foot-longadj.n.
/ˈfʊtlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌlɔŋ/, /ˈfʊtˌlɑŋ/ A. adj.
Measuring one foot in length.
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1683 R. Duke tr. Plutarch Life Theseus in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I. 5 I warn thee, Warriour, not to broach Thy Goatskin full of generous Juice: Nor footlong Spigot to produce, Till thou to Athens shalt approach.
1788 T. Holcroft tr. Life Baron Trenck II. 83 I then filed the hinge, and made a screw-driver of one of the foot-long flooring nails.
1875 Upper Des Moines (Algona, Iowa) 11 Nov. He then takes out of an inside breast pocket a bit of metal, connected with said pocket by a foot-long flexible tube half an inch thick.
1980 Southern Econ. Jrnl. 47 40 Defenders of more lenient treatment for Americans abroad displayed pictures of footlong cockroaches to graphically portray the hardships of living overseas.
2006 A. McCaffrey & E. A. Scarborough Changelings xv. 161 Tall black rocky chimneys rose up from the ocean floor. Each crevice and crack of the lava was stuffed with the foot-long clams.
B. n.
Originally U.S. A hot dog or sandwich that measures one foot in length.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [noun] > types of sausage
franchemyle1381
herbelade?c1390
haggisc1400
black puddinga1450
blood puddingc1450
bloodinga1500
liveringa1500
haggis pudding1545
white pudding1578
swine's pudding1579
hog's pudding1583
Bolognian sausage1596
bloodling1598
andouille1605
andouillet1611
cervelat1613
mortadella1613
polony1654
blacking1674
hacking1674
whiting1674
Oxford sausagec1700
saucisson1772
German sausage1773
saveloy1784
blood sausage1799
white hawse1819
liver sausage1820
black pot1825
chipolata1830
Bologna sausage1833
butifarra1836
mettwurst1836
Cambridge sausage1840
boudin1845
chorizo1846
German1847
liverwurst1852
salami1852
station-Jack1853
leberwurst1855
wurst1855
blutwurst1856
bag of mystery1864
Vienna sausage1865
summer sausage1874
wienerwurst1875
mealy pudding1880
whitepot1880
wiener1880
erbswurst1885
pepperoni1888
mystery bag1889
red-hot1890
weenie1891
hot dog1892
frankfurter1894
sav?1894
Coney Island1895
coney1902
garlic sausage1905
boloney1907
kishke1907
drisheen1910
bratwurst1911
banger1919
cocktail sausage1927
boerewors1930
soy sausage1933
thuringer1933
frank1936
fish sausage1937
knackwurst1939
foot-long1941
starver1941
soya sausage1943
soysage1943
soya link1944
brat1949
Vienna1952
kielbasa1953
Coney dog1954
tube steak1963
Weisswurst1963
Cumberland sausage1966
merguez1966
tripe sausage1966
schinkenwurst1967
boerie1981
'nduja1996
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread with spread or filling > [noun] > sandwich > other sandwiches
cheese sandwich1828
bacon sandwich1858
cucumber sandwich1896
club sandwich1903
western sandwich1908
Reuben sandwich1927
poor boy1931
po' boy1932
hero1938
hero sandwich1939
foot-long1941
steak sandwich1941
sub1948
sub sandwich1948
submarine1949
BLT1952
panini1955
tuna sandwich1957
hoagie1967
muffuletta1967
gyro1971
PBJ1971
stotty1971
Philadelphia cheesesteak1977
Philly cheesesteak1982
banh mi1985
1941 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 6 June 10/7 (advt.) Largest Foot-Longs.
1963 Chicago Daily Defender 12 Sept. 24/1 They may be purchased as foot-longs or bite-size; they may be a mixture of beef, pork and veal.
1975 Chicago Hist. 4 20/2 Riverview sold over a half-million foot-longs a year.
1998 T. White Britpulp! (1999) 3 With all his old enthusiasm, Shakey Mo bit into his footlong.
2012 K. Hearne Tricked xiii. 151 Greta returned with two double-meat foot-longs and a drink.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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