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sandwich boards

sandwich boards is the plural of sandwich board.

sandwich boards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sandwich board.

Meaning of sandwich board

Noun

sandwich board (plural sandwich boards)

  1. A person-sized, wearable billboard or advertisement consisting of two printed boards strung together so that they hang over the shoulders, or simply set out on a street.
    • Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services...1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386
    Synonyms:
    A board

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Questions about sandwich boards

What is sandwich boards the plural of?
Sandwich boards is the plural of sandwich board.

Words near sandwich boards in the dictionary

  1. sandwich beam
  2. sandwich beams
  3. sandwich board
  4. sandwich boarded
  5. sandwich boarding
  6. sandwich boards
  7. sandwich box
  8. sandwich boxes
  9. sandwich bread
  10. sandwich breads
  11. sandwich cake

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