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sandwichboard

sandwichboard is the alternative form 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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Forms of sandwichboard

pluralsandwichboards

Questions about sandwichboard

What is sandwichboard the alternative form of?
Sandwichboard is the alternative form of sandwich board.

Words near sandwichboard in the dictionary

  1. sandwich time
  2. sandwich times
  3. sandwich-man
  4. sandwich-men
  5. sandwichable
  6. sandwichboard
  7. sandwichboards
  8. sandwiched
  9. Sandwicher
  10. sandwicheries
  11. Sandwichers

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