Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A seller of sandwiches.
  • noun A man carrying two advertising-boards, one slung before and one behind him.

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Examples

  • For hours on end he would walk the streets of Paris, apparently seeking to earn a little money, and for one whole day he had been employed as a sandwich-man;

    Stan the Killer Simenon, Georges 1977

  • 'Toffy,' said Peter, 'when I meet you acting as a sandwich-man in

    Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

  • His colour was high, and his expression, indeed, a little idiotic; and he declared afterwards that he felt like a sandwich-man, with the news printed in red letters before and behind.

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909

  • His colour was high, and his expression, indeed, a little idiotic; and he declared afterwards that he felt like a sandwich-man, with the news printed in red letters before and behind.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • His colour was high, and his expression, indeed, a little idiotic; and he declared afterwards that he felt like a sandwich-man, with the news printed in red letters before and behind.

    A Modern Chronicle — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • They asked me to accept, alas! not a part in the Revue, but a specialty as a sandwich-man.

    The Beautiful Lady Booth Tarkington 1907

  • "Have you discovered who is the real sandwich-man?"

    Jewel Weed Alice Ames Winter 1904

  • I've an idea Barry is only the two placards on each side of the sandwich-man.

    Jewel Weed Alice Ames Winter 1904

  • But why anny citizen that has things in his head shud dhress himself up like a sandwich-man, put a torch on his shoulder, an 'toddle over this blessid town with his poor round feet, is more than I can come at with all me intelligence.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • These red-letter days when I drive through the familiar (and now exciting) hubbub of London, I love (strange taste!) every motor omnibus, every pretty woman, every sandwich-man, every fine young fellow in khaki, every car-load of men in blue hospital uniform.

    The Red Planet William John Locke 1896

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