sandwich man in British English
noun
a man who carries sandwich boards
sandwich man in American English
noun
a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: calibrate, institutionalism, jumping jack, metric system, pop-upImage ofsandwich man
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Examples of 'sandwich man' in a sentencesandwich man
- prisoner's base
- prisoners-base
- prisoner's dilemma
- prisoners-dilemma
- prison farm
- prison governor
- prison guard
- prison hospital
- prison inmate
- prisonment
- prison officer
- prisonous
- prison population
- prison riot
- prisons are full
- prison sentence
- prison van
- prison visitor
- prison warder
- prison yard
- priss
- prissier
- prissiest
- prissily
- prissiness