poor boy

Questions about poor boy

What does poor boy mean?

poor boy means "a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States".

What is another word for poor boy?

Close synonyms include bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poor boy a common word?

poor boy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.