Dressed
Informant: Libby Flint, age 59, New Orleans resident of 36 years, originally from Upstate New York and Vermont. Collected May 22, 2016 and recorded on iphone
Verbal Lore: Folk Speech, slang -associated: material Food Lore
English
United States of America
context:to have the traditional toppings of mayonaise, lettuce, and tomato put on a po’boy sandwich; the works
transcript:
“In New Orleans if you want a poboy sandwich with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise or with what other places would call the works, you say you want your sandwich ‘dressed.’”
Informant: Erin Fell, age 21, New Orleans, LA (collected 5/22/16)
Transcript: “A po’boy, if it’s dressed, that means that it has the typical toppings on it like lettuce and tomato and all that good stuff. ”
Collector Commentary: This folk slang is associated with customary folklore of eating a Po’boy with certain traditional toppings.
Keywords: New Orleans, poboy, po’boy, poor boy, dressed, the works