sarnie

Definition

A sandwich.

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'.

Example Sentences

• "Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?"
• "With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen."
• "In fact no one was playing bingo, 10p or otherwise. Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines."