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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

Mr. Hume nodded and filled a pipe, having a footlong stem, made out of the wing-bone of an albatross.

From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Glanville, Ernest




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