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Eponym

Sandwich

Sandwich

Food, such as a filling, between two slices of bread.

Fatima packed a cucumber sandwich for lunch.

Remember: Named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English lord who reportedly ate meat between bread to keep working.

Short lessonCapitonyms & eponymsA capital letter can change a meaning, and some words began as people's names.

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