poor boys

New Orleans sandwiches

Poor boys are submarine sandwiches, a term used primarily in Louisiana.

The sandwich—typically filled with fried seafood, roast beef, or other meats on French bread—originated in New Orleans.

The spelling po'boy reflects local pronunciation and is more common.

I'll have a shrimp poor boy dressed.

Related
  • subFill-in worker
  • hoagyElongated filled sandwich
  • wedgeTapered splitting tool
  • indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
  • heroOne admired for courage

submarine · impoverished · grinder · Louisiana · Creole · remoulade · shrimp · oyster · dressed · baguette · Cajun · destitute · deprived · needy · down and out · working class · sandwich · sandwich shop

Opposites
sandwich format/structure

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Encircles with covering

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culinary class/pretension

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naming connotation (economic status)

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Family

poor, boy, boys, poorly, poorer, poorest, poorness, boyish, boyhood

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Top 500,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G