adjective Street Slang

dressed

· adjective · nola

A po-boy loaded with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo.

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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.

“Lemme get a shrimp po-boy dressed, extra pickles.”
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dressed In A Sentence

Lemme get a shrimp po-boy dressed, extra pickles.

Origin & Usage

New Orleans sandwich-shop vernacular dating back to the early po-boy era of the 1920s–30s.

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