: a usually grilled and pressed sandwich in Cuban-American cuisine served on a long split roll and typically containing roasted meats, cheese, and pickles
broadly: submarineentry 2 sense 2
Synonyms
grinder
hero
hoagie
hoagy
Italian sandwich
po'boy
poor boy
sub
submarine
torpedo
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Example Sentences
my favorite place to get a Cuban sandwich is in Chicago
Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
Cuban sandwich
noun
as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll my favorite place to get a Cuban sandwich is in Chicago