sarnie

See also: sarnię

English

Alternative forms

sarny, sarney

Etymology

From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) +‎ -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.

Pronunciation

(British) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni

Noun

sarnie (plural sarnies)

(British, informal) A sandwich.
Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?
- 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
  With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
  While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
- 2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 7:
  In fact no one was playing bingo, 10p or otherwise. Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.
- 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:
  Just like Marple, there's a plaque at the London terminus [Paddington] commemorating a fictional character - a polite, friendly little bear from darkest Peru who has a penchant for marmalade sarnies.
(UK, birdwatching) The Sandwich tern.

Synonyms

(sandwich): sammie (North America, informal) sanger (AU, informal), sango (AU, informal), sarmie (RSA, informal), sambo (Ireland, AU, informal), butty

Derived terms

tongue sarnie

Anagrams

Neiras, Nerias, Raines, Resian, arisen, arsine, erasin, esiRNA, esirna, raines

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ɲɛ/
Rhymes: -arɲɛ
Syllabification: sar‧nie
Homophone: sarnię

Noun

sarnie f

dative/locative singular of sarna

Adjective

sarnie

inflection of sarni:
1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural