n. & v.
--n.
1. two or more slices of usu. buttered bread with a filling of meat, cheese, etc., between them.
2 a cake of two or more layers with jam or cream between (bake a sponge sandwich).
--v.tr.
1. put (a thing, statement, etc.) between two of another character.
2 squeeze in between others (sat sandwiched in the middle).
Phrases and idioms:
sandwich-board one of two advertisement boards carried by a sandwich-man. sandwich course a course of training with alternate periods of practical experience and theoretical instruction. sandwich-man (pl. -men) a man who walks the streets with sandwich-boards hanging before and behind.
Etymology: 4th Earl of Sandwich, Engl. nobleman d. 1792, said to have eaten food in this form so as not to leave the gaming-table