Sandwichman (A).

A perambulating advertisement displayer, with an advertisement board before and behind.

“The Earl of Shaftesbury desired to say a word on behalf of a very respectable body of men, ordinarily called ‘sandwiches,ʹ”—The Times, March 16th, 1867.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Sandals of Theramenes
Sandalphon
Sandalwood
Sandbanks
Sandemanians or Glassites
Sanden [sandy-den]
Sandford and Merton
Sandjar
Sandschaki or Sandschaki-sherif [the standard of green silk]
Sandwich
Sandwichman (A)
Sang Bleu
Sang Froid (French, “cool blood”)
Sangaree
Sanglamore
Sanglier (Sir)
Sangrado (Dr.)
Sangreal
Sanguine [murrey]
Sanguinary James (A)
Sanhedrim