banjo
n.— «Few things are more likely to get you a disapproving lecture from the cholesterol police than the bacon and egg sarnie.…Even the most inexperienced and dreadful cooks can rustle up a banjo, (as the sandwich is sometimes known).» —“We love…bacon and egg sandwiches” by Sam Burson iCWales (U.K.) Oct. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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