Saturday, February 21, 2015

word of the day: sarny

The word of the day is sarny:

English slang for a sandwich. (Urban Dictionary)


"Harga looked around the steamy cafe.  No one was watching him.  He was going to get to the bottom of this.  He rapped on the hatch again.
"'Alligator sandwich,' he said.  'And make it sna-'
"The hatch shot up.  After a few seconds to pluck up enough courage, Harga peered under the top slice of the long sarny in front of him.  He wasn't saying that it was alligator, and he wasn't saying it wasn't."

 - Terry Pratchett, Mort (1987)

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