cardboard sign
Panhandler's written plea
A cardboard sign is a simple handheld notice made from cardboard, typically handwritten.
The term evokes panhandlers at intersections asking for money, or protesters at rallies: He stood on the median with a cardboard sign that read "Anything helps".
The improvised nature suggests grassroots authenticity or desperate circumstances.
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- panhandlerOne who begs publicly
- down on luckExperiencing repeated misfortune
- markerSomething that signals location
- magic markerPermanent felt-tipped pen
corrugated · brown paper · street · protest · handwritten · begging · sharpie · corner · intersection · freeway · help · hungry · spare change · plea · veteran · God bless · hitchhiker · roadside
- signsexit, open, billboard, no entry, marquee
- cardboardcorrugated box, carton, paperboard, fiberboard, containerboard
- protest suppliesmegaphone, bullhorn, placard, banner, loudspeaker
- Protest Symbolsraised fist, clenched fist, solidarity fist, fist, peace symbol
- homelessnesshomeless, homeless shelters, unhoused, homeless veterans, houseless
cardboard signbillboard
Large outdoor advertising structure
jumbotron · neon sign · digital billboard · skywriting · electronic display
cardboard signdigital display
Electronic visual output
LED screen · electronic billboard · video wall · LCD monitor · holographic display
card, cardboard, cards, carded, carding, board, boards, boarded, boarding