The sandwich was named after a gambling earl
The popular sandwich gets its name from an 18th-century British earl who invented the meal to avoid interrupting his intense gambling sessions.
The ubiquitous sandwich owes its name to John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. In the 1760s, this British nobleman was so engrossed in an all-night card game that he asked for meat between two slices of bread. This allowed him to eat without pausing play, a convenient meal that quickly caught on among his fellow gamblers.
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