variants
also poor boys
as in submarines
a large sandwich on a long split roll
ordered a fried catfish po'boy
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Noun
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The dock will be 657 feet long, large enough to berth the Navy’s newest fast-attack submarines, and built to last 150 years.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Nuclear submarines and other technologies fueled people’s imaginations.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Newport News is additionally equipped with advanced sonar to support surveillance as well as Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Mark 48 torpedoes for potential interdiction of surface ships.—
Amir Daftari
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The light torpedoes are designed for shallow coastal waters, while heavy torpedoes target large ships at greater depths.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That breakthrough arrangement made both some of the hottest propositions in Latin America’s cable market while also firing up subs for SVOD operator Netflix.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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His explanation for the subs last night made sense to me.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Po'boys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/po%27boys. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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