1. 1. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.
   2. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
   3. One slice of bread covered with a filling.
2. Something resembling a sandwich.

1. To make into or as if into a sandwich.
2. To insert (one thing) tightly between two other things of differing character or quality.
3. To make room or time for: sandwiched a vacation between business trips.

[After John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), British politician.]

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