Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
devon
Also: Devon sausage
A seasoned, cooked luncheon meat sold in a roll and sliced for sandwiches.
In a sentence
Her school lunch was a Devon and tomato sandwich.
Where it came from
Devon is one of several regional Australian names for a cooked luncheon-meat roll. It is especially associated with New South Wales, while fritz and polony dominate in other states.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Especially New South Wales and parts of the east coast; distribution overlaps