[Ads-l] Slight antedating of "cannibal sandwich"

[Steven Losie]

"Cannibal sandwich"

The OED does not have an entry, nor does the DARE. Barry Popik researched
this term back to the 3 January 1889 edition of the Baltimore Sun. Here is
an instance from a few months earlier:

[begin quote]
For instance, at one of Lancaster’s most popular houses devoted to the
purveying of creature comforts in liquid form they construct an incidental
attraction which has been given the name of the “Cannibal Sandwich.” This
delectable morsel is made of raw beef chopped fine and inserted between
slices of fresh bread. To the average absorber of malt beverage the
cannibal sandwich does not present those inducements which make children
cry for it[...]
[end quote]
Source: The Lancaster (Penn.) Weekly Examiner, Aug 15, 1888, p.3, col.8
Database: Newspapers.com

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