WORD FOR THE DAY: PO' BOY

Your word for today is: po' boy, n.

po' boy, n.

[‘More fully po' boy sandwich. A type of sandwich, originating in New Orleans, consisting of a (section of) baguette or other long roll stuffed with large quantities of various savoury fillings, as (fried) oysters, prawns, sausage, roast beef, ham, etc. Cf.poor boy n., submarine sandwich n. at submarine adj. and n. Compounds 3.’]

Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈpəʊ bɔɪ/,  U.S. /ˈpoʊ ˌbɔɪ/

Forms:   19– po boi,   19– po-boi,   19– po-boy,   19– po' boy.   Also with capital initials

Etymology: <  po' adj. + boy n.¹ Compare poor boy n.

 U.S.

  More fully po' boy sandwich. A type of sandwich, originating in New Orleans, consisting of a (section of) baguette or other long roll stuffed with large quantities of various savoury fillings, as (fried) oysters, prawns, sausage, roast beef, ham, etc. Cf.poor boy n., submarine sandwich n. at submarine adj. and n. Compounds 3.

1932 New Orleans Classified Telephone Directory 108/2 Po Boi Sandwich Shoppe Inc.

1951 N.Y. Herald Tribune 4 July 7/8 The beginning of the Po' Boy sandwich we credited to a sandwich shop in New Orleans.

1978  C. Trillin Alice, let's Eat 166 Three hours after we had arrived..I was settled under a tree, almost too full to finish my second hot-sausage po' boy.

1984  P. Prudhomme Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen x. 268, I think they're superb on sandwiches; we use them on our po boy sandwiches made with French bread and various fillings.

2003 Time Out N.Y. 3 Apr. 35/4 New Orleans raised chef Richard Pierce is serving po'boys and jambalaya at this new restaurant.

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