: a large sandwich on a long split roll with any of a variety of fillings : a submarine sandwich (see submarineentry 2 sense 2)
A traveler from New Orleans, accustomed to ordering a poor boy for lunch, still must order a grinder in Upstate New York to get a sandwich on a long hard roll. In Boston it is called submarine, but in Philadelphia the sandwich is a hoagie… Ann Himmelberger Wald
Hoagie is the name given to the sandwich in Philadelphia. Hoagie is common throughout Pennsylvania and much of southern New Jersey. William Grimes
A steak hoagie was even better. The thin-sliced meat was tender, the bun soft and fresh, the provolone properly melted, all the innards in adequate helpings and the dressing unusually tasty … Pete Bishop
She had a meatball hoagie for lunch. had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia
Recent Examples on the WebIn between a whole wheat hoagie roll goes a pile of turkey breast (or turkey salad), alfalfa sprouts (for fiber), avocado slices, onions, havarti cheese, mustard, pickles and vinegar. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2022 Angie Budney, 66, who stopped to pick up her hoagie, keeps photos on her phone of herself posing with the Joe cutout at Hank’s, along with snapshots of her and her friends protesting when Trump visited Scranton. Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Wawa will drive people to do almost anything, including - but not limited to - getting a tattoo to pay homage to the hoagie heaven. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022 Divide the mixture into 4 equal servings and shape them into long ovals the approximate size of the hoagie rolls, and place them in the freezer for 45 minutes, or until just firm to the touch but not frozen. Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021 Crab and lobster sensation meat topped with sliced cucumbers and coleslaw on a hoagie. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2022 Purists insist the Philly cheesesteak is enveloped inside a hoagie bun. Terry Ward, CNN, 11 May 2022 Not since Tony Soprano has eat-acting been so enmeshed with a performance, and Winslet couldn’t have done it without McCarthy, a local to the Philadelphia suburb where the show was shot, who made each hoagie, cheesesteak, and Rolling Rock a reality. Casey Mink, Vulture, 31 May 2021 Their Dublin Dog is a quarter-pound bratwurst covered in relish, onion and sauerkraut served on a hoagie bun. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2022 See More