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footlong

[foot-lawng, -long] / ˈfʊtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /




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One VIC client told me she was always happy to get her hands on a Subway coupon for a footlong sandwich, which she cut into pieces to make three meals.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Meanwhile, one end of the observation car had been filled by several women in white bonnets, joined by men with straw hats, footlong beards and no mustaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

He whipped back around, wound up, and threw his footlong Subway sub at the agent, hitting him square in the chest.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

The impact bent the vehicle’s steel push-bar, and Kandula’s elbow left a footlong groove in the vehicle’s hood.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Mr. Hume nodded and filled a pipe, having a footlong stem, made out of the wing-bone of an albatross.

From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Glanville, Ernest




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