noun
- large sandwiches with multiple layers of meat, cheese, and other fillings
Usage: informal; named after the comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead
Examples
- The deli is famous for its enormous dagwoods piled high with turkey, ham, and roast beef.
- He ordered two dagwoods for lunch, knowing one would be enough for dinner too.
- The restaurant’s dagwoods come with so many ingredients they’re hard to fit in your mouth.
- She made dagwoods for the picnic, wrapping them tightly to hold all the layers together.
- The menu featured specialty dagwoods with names like ‘The Tower’ and ‘The Skyscraper’.
- After seeing the size of those dagwoods, we decided to share one between the three of us.