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poor boy

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poor boy also po·boy  (pboi)
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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Noun1.poor boypoor 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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