sarnie

See also:sarnię

English

Alternative forms

• sarny,sarney

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (British)IPA^(key):/ˈsɑːni/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)ni

Noun

sarnie(pluralsarnies)

1. (British,informal)Asandwich.

   Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheesesarniefor you?

   • 1972,“Thick As A Brick”,Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed byJethro Tull:

     With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
     While queueing forsarniesat 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-wrappedsarniesand packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.

   • 2021September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, inRAIL,number940,page74:

     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 marmaladesarnies.

2. (UK,birdwatching)TheSandwich 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

sarnief

1. dative/locativesingularofsarna

Adjective

sarnie

1. inflection ofsarni:
   1. neuternominative/accusative/vocativesingular
   2. nonvirilenominative/accusative/vocativeplural