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footlong

[foot-lawng, -long] / ˈfʊtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /




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One VIC client told me she was always happy to get her hands on a Subway coupon for a footlong sandwich, which she cut into pieces to make three meals.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

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

From Slate Aug. 15, 2025

“I get a $7.99 footlong and have them cut it in threes,” the retiree told me.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2024

Back in 2022, Subway offered a similar limited run of the footlong cookie, which sold out in less than two hours.

From Salon Dec. 5, 2023

A narrow, flattened, expressionless head was followed by a footlong strip of yellow-barred scales; then there was a pause, and the head turned, in a beautifully symmetrical half-circle, towards the whistler.

From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret




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