sarnie

Meaning

  1. (British, informal) A sandwich.
  2. (UK) The Sandwich tern.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɑːni/
Etymology

From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.

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