ham sandwich

See also: hamsandwich and ham-sandwich

English

Alternative forms

(sandwich made with ham) hamsandwich, ham-sandwich

Noun

ham sandwich (plural ham sandwiches)

A sandwich made with ham.
(US) Something utterly commonplace, of modest value.
- 1900, Charles A. Conant, “The Financial Future of the United States”, in The Bankers magazine, volume 61‎, page 603:
  but did you ever hear of a young man, who becomes a millionaire in the approved style, starting life on a farm, studying by the light of a tallow dip, and coming to the city with forty-five cents and a ham sandwich
- 1920 April 15, Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee, “letter on Sexuality in Mucors”, in Science, page 375:
  One of last year's speakers, in distinguishing types of true research worth while from investigations unworthy of the name, held up to ridicule a hypothetical investigation of a ham sandwich and the pseudo-scientist who would attempt a monographic treatment of such a subject.
- 1998 September 15, Tony Kornheiser, “Up for the Game, Down for the Count”, in Washington Post:
  But regardless of how enamored you may be of Green's manner and his potential, it has to come as a shock to you that he's the starter. A month ago you could have had him for a ham sandwich
- 2004, David J. Darling, The universal book of mathematics: from Abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes‎, page 106:
  After all, nothing is better than eternal happiness, and a ham sandwich is certainly better than nothing. Therefore a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness.
- 2008 September 15, “Jury Papers Cast Doubt On Rosenberg Conviction”, in Talk of the Nation (NPR):
  Even without the typing bit, the grand jury indicted her; one has to keep that in mind. / This was the Cold War, and we always remember the old line for prosecutors that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
- 2009 June, Ezra Dyer, “The Car That Should Save GM”, in Esquire, volume 151, number 6, page 28:
  It's sports-car fast, has a big leather-trimmed interior, and costs as much as a ham sandwich.

单词	ham sandwich
释义	ham sandwich See also: hamsandwich and ham-sandwich English Alternative forms (sandwich made with ham) hamsandwich, ham-sandwich Noun ham sandwich (plural ham sandwiches) A sandwich made with ham. (US) Something utterly commonplace, of modest value. 1900, Charles A. Conant, “The Financial Future of the United States”, in The Bankers magazine, volume 61‎, page 603: but did you ever hear of a young man, who becomes a millionaire in the approved style, starting life on a farm, studying by the light of a tallow dip, and coming to the city with forty-five cents and a ham sandwich 1920 April 15, Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee, “letter on Sexuality in Mucors”, in Science, page 375: One of last year's speakers, in distinguishing types of true research worth while from investigations unworthy of the name, held up to ridicule a hypothetical investigation of a ham sandwich and the pseudo-scientist who would attempt a monographic treatment of such a subject. 1998 September 15, Tony Kornheiser, “Up for the Game, Down for the Count”, in Washington Post: But regardless of how enamored you may be of Green's manner and his potential, it has to come as a shock to you that he's the starter. A month ago you could have had him for a ham sandwich 2004, David J. Darling, The universal book of mathematics: from Abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes‎, page 106: After all, nothing is better than eternal happiness, and a ham sandwich is certainly better than nothing. Therefore a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness. 2008 September 15, “Jury Papers Cast Doubt On Rosenberg Conviction”, in Talk of the Nation (NPR): Even without the typing bit, the grand jury indicted her; one has to keep that in mind. / This was the Cold War, and we always remember the old line for prosecutors that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. 2009 June, Ezra Dyer, “The Car That Should Save GM”, in Esquire, volume 151, number 6, page 28: It's sports-car fast, has a big leather-trimmed interior, and costs as much as a ham sandwich.
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