dressed
A po-boy loaded with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo.
Definitions
The one-word NOLA shorthand for the full po-boy treatment: lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on top of whatever meat or seafood you ordered. Counter staff will ask 'dressed or undressed?' and if you hesitate you've outed yourself as a tourist.
dressed In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
New Orleans sandwich-shop vernacular dating back to the early po-boy era of the 1920s–30s.
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