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  • noun Attributive form of tuna fish

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Examples

  • People who use pogo sticks to get to work, where they eat tuna-fish sandwiches their mommies made for them….

    The Secret World of Inflation Watchers Joe Queenan 2011

  • I was running around and doing what I was told: Making trips to get tuna-fish sandwiches for the producers.

    Former Gofer Tells All 2011

  • I love the Jesus statue in cowboy boots and her tale of the tuna-fish Jesus with pimento stigmata.

    Pimento cheese, comfort served | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • I quickly unwrapped the tuna-fish baguette from the shop on the ground floor and Ellen was tucking in prior to being tucked in when I left.

    No Surgery Today, Either fastfwd 2009

  • That car was an absolute death trap I often referred to it as a tuna-fish can on wheels, but somehow it got me from Tempe, Ariz. to Albuquerque and back for an academic conference and even survived two moderate car accidents.

    All Hail (or Mourn) the Geo Metro - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • That car was an absolute death trap I often referred to it as a tuna-fish can on wheels, but somehow it got me from Tempe, Ariz. to Albuquerque and back for an academic conference and even survived two moderate car accidents.

    All Hail (or Mourn) the Geo Metro - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • There's a crowd in the kitchen chomping down on soft pretzels and tuna-fish hoagies, and the scene at the merchandise table resembles something you'd see on the floor of the Stock Exchange.

    Mike Newall: I Was An Obama Volunteer 2008

  • I'm gonna rent a motel room here in Berkeley, put on my bunny slippers, bring my own freaking buffet selection of tuna-fish sandwiches and Fritos, get out my laptop and do some top-notch on-the-scene reporting on the Ohio presidential primary debates from my Spin Room right here at the local Motel 6!

    I just got media credentials for the Ohio primary debates! What now, punk! 2008

  • Law enforcement officials surrounded their home on a private lake in Mineola and took him away, just as he was settling down in front of the TV with a tuna-fish sandwich and his current brood of 10 children and assorted Pomeranian Chihuahuas.

    Trouble in East Texas 2008

  • Every school day my mother packed my Jetsons lunchbox with a tuna-fish sandwich, which we found out later often contained high levels of mercury and a dolphin or two.

    The Last Generation To Live On The Edge 2007

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