noun
Street Slang
po-boy
· noun · nola
NOLA's signature sandwich on crackly Leidenheimer French bread.
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Definitions
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The submarine sandwich of New Orleans: roast beef and gravy, fried shrimp, oyster, catfish or hot sausage piled on a foot of Leidenheimer French bread with that paper-thin shatter crust and pillowy crumb. Order it dressed unless you know what you're doing.
“We hit Parkway for a roast beef po-boy and ate it on the neutral ground.”
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po-boy In A Sentence
We hit Parkway for a roast beef po-boy and ate it on the neutral ground.
Origin & Usage
Coined in 1929 by brothers Bennie and Clovis Martin, former streetcar conductors, who fed striking transit workers free sandwiches and called them 'poor boys.' The name slurred into 'po-boy' and stuck.
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