Etymology

spiedie

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Today it means: A submarine sandwich local to Greater Binghamton in the Southern Tier of New York State, containing grilled marinated cubes of meat. Full definition →

Italian spiedo
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromspiedo“spit (skewer)”
  2. English todayspiedie

From Italian spiedo (“spit (skewer)”) or spiedini (“cubes or balls of meat cooked on a skewer”).

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