sandwich man
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sandwich man
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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“I was a sandwich man for years in a canteen in an office building on Madison and 50th Street,” he said.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2010
Algernon Copplestone, husband of the town Mayor, history professor, accidentally burned down his neighbor's house, disguised himself as a sandwich man, set forth to roam the roads—a free man at last.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the hall, weary newsmen despaired when Claude, the beer and sandwich man, went home muttering "No one pays me to stay after 12."
From Time Magazine Archive
On his way to Parliament on another day the Prime Minister bumped into a sandwich man carrying a sign bearing the single word CHURCHILL.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a few of the Washington runs, I snatched the chance when one day personnel said I could temporarily replace a sandwich man on the “Yankee Clipper” to New York.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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