sarmie, noun
/ˈsɑːmi/
- Forms:
- Also saamie, sarmy.
- Origin:
- Northern English, South African EnglishShow more Perhaps adaptation of Northern English dialect sarnie, representing local pronunciation of the first element of sandwich; in South African English sandwich is often pronounced ‘samwidge’.
colloquial
Especially in the language of children: a sandwich.
1970 M. Burger Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)I forgot to make sarmies for school.
1993 L. Nicholls in Natal Mercury 18 Mar. (Woman’s Weekly) 1The ever-starving ‘hostels’ — the farm children who were the rubbish dump for spoilt day-pupils who didn’t like their ‘sarmies’.
a sandwich.