sandwichman

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sandwich (board) +‎ -man.

Noun

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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

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

Translations

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛnd.ʋɪtʃˌmɑn/
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  • Hyphenation: sand‧wich‧man

Noun

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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".