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View synonyms for sandwich board

sandwich board

noun

  1. two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.


sandwich board

noun

  1. one of two connected boards, usually bearing advertisements, that are hung over the shoulders in front of and behind a person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sandwich board1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

For example, a clear ramp doesn’t help if the sidewalk is congested with sandwich boards and chairs, and 36 inches for entry isn’t enough space for maneuvering.

Why must Willis walk through Harlem wearing a sandwich board bearing racial slurs?

The sandwich-board man stood in the centre of the road alone looking sharply round him.

About twenty persons, mostly errand boys, were standing round a sandwich-board man.

To me she is a dear transparent soul with her whole purport printed on the surface like a sandwich board.

Each side of this box or frame was rather larger than an ordinary sandwich board.

The turnstiles were blocked by a sandwich board: Mickey in a Ben Franklin wig and bifocals, holding a trowel.

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