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poor boy also po·boy (p

boi

)

n. Gulf Coast U.S.

See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.

[Probably from French pour bois, for a drink; see pourboire.]

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poor boy - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero

sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

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