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sandwich board
noun
: two usually hinged boards designed for hanging from the shoulders with one board before and one behind and used especially for advertising or picketing
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To keep going, Miss Piggy walked a sandwich board for a barbecue stand.
—Brad Darrach, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Items up for grabs range from the expected — such as glass bongs and pipes — to the curious — including a raffle wheel and a wide selection of sandwich boards.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
The inspection made no mention of the hotel’s tourist offerings, which the hotel advertises on a sandwich board sign just outside the front door.
—Robin Urevich, ProPublica, 10 July 2023
Other paintings were mounted on sandwich boards that individuals took turns wearing, one painting affixed to each side of the easel-like structure.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined above
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“Sandwich board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandwich%20board. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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