sidekick = 'side dish'

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:18 PM -0400 6/9/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>One of the barbecue chains is advertising meals "with two of your favorite
>sidekicks." Not real sidekicks. In fact, no cowboy, superhero, or other
>notable sidekick-related imagery.
>
I wouldn't expect superheroes as sidekicks.  Maybe Nat King Coleslaw
and "Frenchy" Fries.

LH

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