But a walk up this broad avenue can prove a surprise, showing a Dagwood sandwich ranging from crumbling brownstone to up-to-the-minute design.

The famous, impossibly tall sandwiches Dagwood fixes for himself, which came to be known colloquially as the "Dagwood sandwich".

Ms. Rosenzweig's Dagwood sandwich was created from almost transparently thin vegetables sliced on the diagonal; they tasted different that way, delicate.

The gold was thick as butter in a Dagwood sandwich, greasy yellow-looking in the folds of rubber.

All for a Dagwood sandwich - which he'd never gotten.

Pancake batter is the base, and any number of fillings are heaped on, not unlike a Dagwood sandwich - shredded cabbage, bacon, beef, squid.

He and Dad then went into the kitchen to discuss psychopharmacology while Mom made us a tray of Dagwood sandwiches.

He puts together a Dagwood sandwich and digs in.

There's a lot of first-rate composing here, but in RCA's hands it becomes a mouthful, a Dagwood sandwich of greatness.

The Dagwood sandwich was originally the humorous result of a cartoon character's desire for large snacks.