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Word: sandwichman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Convicted owner-drivers will be placed by the police in public stocks for 30 minutes. Convicted chauffeurs will have their hands trussed behind them, will wear a sandwichman's placard setting forth their infamy, will be marched around the principal streets of Bucharest by constables for one hour. In addition, both drivers and chauffeurs will be liable to the usual fines, imprisonments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Stocks for Speeders | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...crushes the baby, and John, frenzied, tries to stop the city because his child is sick. The acid of the tragedy bites his brain. He loses his job, his work fibre loosens, he is out of step with the crowd. When Mary threatens to leave him, he gets a sandwichman job; the work fibre tightens, and John Sims. Everyman, is once more running with the pack, happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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