sandwichman

English

Alternative forms

• sandwich-man, sandwich man

Etymology

From sandwich (board) +‎ -man.

Noun

sandwichman (plural sandwichmen)

1. A man who wears a sandwich board.
   • 1899, Harold Frederic, The Marketplace:

     "There came along in the gutter a sandwich-man. […] Now I read what was on his boards. […] "

   • 1904, Gideon Wurdz, The Foolish Dictionary:

     INDORSE To write on the back of; the best indorsed man in town being the Sandwich-Man.

   • 1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card:

     Certainly it amounted to a continual advertisement for him; an infinitely more effective advertisement than, for instance, a sandwichman at eighteen-pence a day, and costing no more, even with the licence and the shoeing.

Descendants

• → Japanese: サンドイッチマン (sandoitchiman)

Translations

man who wears a sandwich board

• Danish: sandwichmand (da) c
• Dutch: sandwichman (nl) m
• Hungarian: szendvicsember (hu)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sandwichman. Equivalent to sandwich (“sandwich”) +‎ man (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnd.ʋɪtʃˌmɑn/

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• Hyphenation: sand‧wich‧man

Noun

sandwichman m (plural sandwichmannen, diminutive sandwichmannetje n)

1. sandwichman

   Vlak bij de finish stond een bijna naakte, bebaarde sandwichman, op zijn bord stond "Het einde is nabij".

   A nearly naked, bearded sandwichman stood close to the finish, on his sign was written "The end is near".