ham sandwiches
Picnic basket staple
A ham sandwich is sliced ham between bread, often with cheese, lettuce, or mustard.
The phrase appears in the legal saying that a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich—meaning grand juries rarely refuse indictments.
In plural, ham sandwiches is Cockney rhyming slang for hands: Get your ham sandwiches off me.
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- mustardTangy seed-paste condiment
- honey mustardSweet and sharp condiment
- pickleVinegar-preserved vegetable
- breadLeavened flour product
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