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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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"poor-boy sandwich" and "giants in the earth"
0 Hi, 02 br
00 here this: 02 br
00 'I bought a poor-boy sandwich and (...) I could sit and munch and contemplate ...' 02 br
00 and this 02 br
00 '- "How do you come to know about coffee?" he said. 02 br
00 - "I learned on Bourbon Street from giants in the earth," I said. 02 br
00 Could someone help me with these? 02 br
00 Thanks in advance, Jo. 0-
00 here this: 02 br
00 'I bought a poor-boy sandwich and (...) I could sit and munch and contemplate ...' 02 br
00 and this 02 br
00 '- "How do you come to know about coffee?" he said. 02 br
00 - "I learned on Bourbon Street from giants in the earth," I said. 02 br
00 Could someone help me with these? 02 br
00 Thanks in advance, Jo. 0-
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) with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc. 02 br 02 br 00 giants in the earth: a Biblical reference (Genesis). Heroic people, the likes of which we will never see again.
- ) with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc.
- 02 br 02 br 00 giants in the earth: a Biblical reference (Genesis).
- Heroic people, the likes of which we will never see again.
- I believe Steinbeck may be exaggerating.
- He probably means unique people whom he admired.
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0 a poor-boy sandwich, also a poor-boy, also a submarine sandwich, also, years ago, sometimes a Dagwood sandwich: A very large sandwich filled with a great variety of meats (often cheap cuts of "lunch meats", i.e., bologna, salami, etc.) with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc. The bread is a small loaf cut lengthwise rather than slices of bread cut from a larger loaf. 02 br
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