sarnie

English

Alternative forms

• sarny, sarney

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ni

Noun

sarnie (plural sarnies)

1. (Britain, informal) A sandwich; a submarine sandwich, hoagie.
2. (Britain, birdwatching) The Sandwich tern.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): sanger (AU, informal), sango (AU, informal), sarmie (RSA, informal), sambo (Ireland, informal)

Anagrams

• Neiras, Nerias, Raines, Resian, arisen, arsine, erasin