Signboard

Anil Biswas then sucks up the big bourgeoisie of the Third world by superciliously trampling underfoot Lenin's and Mao's lessons on the so-called signboard of freedom of the backward third world countries at one stroke. ❋ Abhay N (2007)

Me and the landlord of a public there came to words, by reason he called his house 'The Admiral Howe,' but on his signboard was the face of a different man altogether. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

Anil Biswas then sucks up the big bourgeoisie of the Third world by superciliously trampling underfoot Lenin’s and Mao’s lessons on the so-called signboard of freedom of the backward third world countries at one stroke. ❋ Abhay N (2007)

"signboard," men sat and talked of their various trades, the cobbler, for instance, who is carved on the Cathedral stalls, with the clog-maker, and the wool-comber, and the carpenter, all met and gossiped of their latest piece of profitable business, while the lawyers discussed the never-ending question of the Privilège de St. Romain with some learned clerk over their "vin blanc d'Anjou." ❋ Theodore Andrea Cook (1897)

But to my surprise, when I bought my ticket to watch this year's show at the August 2010 Sussex County Fair, a giant signboard boldly publicized Dobbs's sponsorship. ❋ Isabel Macdonald (2010)

A signboard advertising engine oil became wrinkled at the corners. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An enterprising barber, for example, displayed a big signboard with the English inscription, "Hygienic, non-cutting barber shop," as a tempting inducement to tourists, and one or two other establishments displayed in their windows the interesting announcement, "American spoke here." ❋ Unknown (2009)

And here he was, driving past the Lorelei, when he saw a huge signboard on the front wall: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A file photo of a man walking past the signboard of telecom firm Vodafone outside their corporate office in Mumbai. ❋ Amol Sharma (2012)

Synopsis: Reinya is a girl who wears a signboard for the Faminya convenience store near a police station by day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I spotted a place on Rainier yesterday, it looked like maybe it was a sushi restaurant but it had a signboard advertising ramen. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Two Chinese workers walk pass a huge signboard for a property project in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. ❋ Cynthia Koons (2011)

The billboard may also be a nod to the late painter James Doolin's "Psychic," a 1998 oil of a blank signboard hovering above a row of LA stores. ❋ John Seed (2010)

Reuters Aung San Suu Kyi, center, and National League for Democracy party leader Tin Oo cut a ribbon during a ceremony to inaugurate their party's new signboard Monday at the NLD's head office in Yangon. ❋ Patrick Barta (2012)