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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Pepino has several local ties, with La Jolla surfer and ceramicist Joe Skoby creating a sculptural light installation and La Jolla High School woodshop students making craft sandwich boards and wooden plates for the restaurant.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
A-frame chalkboards or sandwich boards are much larger two-sided chalkboards meant for outdoor or event use.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The Smashing Machine is in many more theaters than that, but Safdie is still donning the sandwich board and hanging out in lobbies.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Her eyes linger on the sandwich board out front, with words scrawled in chalk.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 July 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
A-frame chalkboards or sandwich boards are much larger two-sided chalkboards meant for outdoor or event use.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The Smashing Machine is in many more theaters than that, but Safdie is still donning the sandwich board and hanging out in lobbies.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Her eyes linger on the sandwich board out front, with words scrawled in chalk.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sandwich board
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“Sandwich board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandwich%20board. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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