footlong
Example Sentences
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Sean Dunn stands charged with misdemeanor assault for hurling a footlong Subway sandwich into the bulletproof vest of a Customs and Border Protection agent who was patrolling a bustling nightlife corridor on the night of Aug. 10.
Under questioning, Lairmore said co-workers gave him a sandwich-shaped plush toy and a patch reading “felony footlong” as gag gifts.
When I was young, rabies was a big concern — as a child I was warned, repeatedly, to never approach a strange dog if I didn’t want to endure the excruciating pain of dozens of injections, delivered by a footlong needle, right in my stomach.
From Los Angeles Times
He whipped back around, wound up, and threw his footlong Subway sub at the agent, hitting him square in the chest.
From Slate
But the creature the institute caught on video was a footlong juvenile.
From Los Angeles Times
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