baloney sandwich

Deli meat lunch

A baloney sandwich is sliced bologna between bread, typically with mustard or mayonnaise—a simple, cheap lunch associated with childhood and working-class fare.

The spelling baloney (rather than bologna) reflects casual pronunciation and connects to the slang sense of nonsense: That's a load of baloney.

Related

lunch · mayo · processed · American cheese · sliced · meat · yellow mustard · lunchbox · packed lunch · cold cuts · cold cut combo · Oscar Mayer · cheap · childhood · nonsense · hogwash · malarkey · rubbish

Opposites
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sandwich hierarchy

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Family

baloney, sandwich, baloneys, bologna, sandwiches, sandwiched, sandwiching

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G