noun
General Slang
spuckie
· noun · boston
Boston word for a sub sandwich, from the Italian roll it's served on.
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Definitions
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Old-school Boston term for a submarine sandwich, taken from 'spuccadella' (sometimes spelled spukadella), the Italian-style roll it was originally built on. Mostly heard from older East Boston and North End types now; younger Bostonians have largely shifted to 'sub'.
“My grandfather still calls it a spuckie, no one under 50 says that anymore.”
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spuckie In A Sentence
My grandfather still calls it a spuckie, no one under 50 says that anymore.
Origin & Usage
From Italian 'spuccadella', a type of long bread roll brought over by Italian immigrants to East Boston in the early 1900s.
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