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Word: gravybread (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smile and bring you coffee while your waitress waddles over in her Elizabethan pantaloons. A glance down the menu reveals nothing exotic-just square Middle American fare. The only ethnic flavor maybe is a pale, faint hint of Pennsylvania Dutch that is suggested by the filling hot sandwiches and gravybread. The hot roast beef sandwich comes with a good bowl of French onion soup, the sopped bread floating on the top. Even if it does not quite match the Maitre Jacques version (it needs melted cheese), the soup contributes substantially to a rather cheap meal...

Author: By Thomas Geoghegan, | Title: The Square As You Like It | 12/8/1970 | See Source »

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