Meanings
gatsby1
noungatsby (plural gatsbys or gatsbies)
plural gatsbys · plural gatsbies
- South AfricaA snack consisting of a baguette filled with French fries, sauce, and other ingredients.
Who wants to nag, if you can go to the beach and eat a Gatsby with smoked salmon and cream cheese?
2007, Robyn Cohen, Nearly Finished: A Guide to Home Renovation, page 331 more example
A favorite Cape fast food is the gatsby, a large hot dog bun filled with cooked or processed meat, French fries, and sauce, or a salomi, curry wrapped in a roti flat bread.
2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, page 178
Gatsby2
proper noun
- A surname.
Origin
From Gatsby, named after the protagonist of the novel The Great Gatsby (1925).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish gatsby
- gatsbyTranslations
Russian гэ́тсби
- гэ́тсби (gɛ́tsbi)Translations
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gatsby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatsby
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“gatsby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatsby. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatsby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatsby.
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