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View definitions for footlong

footlong

noun as in frankfurter

Strongest match

Weak matches

noun as in hot dog

noun as in wiener

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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.

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He whipped back around, wound up, and threw his footlong Subway sub at the agent, hitting him square in the chest.

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But the creature the institute caught on video was a footlong juvenile.

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The offering includes a six-inch sub for $6.99 or a footlong for $9.99, alongside a choice of two cookies or a bag of chips and a small fountain drink.

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Subway previously faced a lawsuit alleging its “footlong” sandwiches were too short.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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