ranchburger

ranchburger

English

Etymology

ranch +‎ -burger

Noun

ranchburger (plural ranchburgers)

1. (US) A cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
   • 1991, Ellen Harris, Dying to Get Married: The Courtship and Murder of Julie Miller Bulloch, HarperPaperbacks (1991), →ISBN, page 121:

     Judy Drive was a short gravel-mixed road flanked by a dozen aluminum-sided "ranchburgers" with wading pools or pick-up trucks parked on the front lawns.

2. (US) A hamburger featuring elements of the cuisine of the Southwestern United States.
   • 1966, "Ground Beef Extra Spicy", The Baltimore Sun, 7 April 1966:

     Make ranchburgers by dividing the meat for each hamburger into two patties. Place a spoonful of chili sauce and chopped onion on one patty and cover it with the other, sealing it well at the edges.

Quotations

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