sandwich man

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling and swinging; brass bands; barrel organs; in the triumph and the jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; London; this moment of June.

sandwich man = a man who pickets or advertises by carrying a sandwich board

Thanks for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling and swinging; brass bands; barrel organs; in the triumph and the jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; London; this moment of June.

sandwich man = a man who pickets or advertises by carrying a sandwich board

Thanks for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

In the context of your paragraph, yes, I would say so. (You do read some eclectic stuff!)

In more modern times, a "sandwich man" is also sometimes someone who provides sanwiches/rolls for lunch to offices, often travelling between locations in a van packed with food. It's a rather lucrative business, apparently!

[vil]

Hi emsr2d2,

Thank you for your explanation.

The passage of question is from Virginia Woolf's "Mrs.Dallaway" (1925).

Regards,

V.