Sandboy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A boy who sells sand.
"Up and down the street not a child was to be seen. A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it."
- 2 a young male peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in ‘happy as a sandboy’ wordnet
- 3 A proverbially happy or jolly person.
"Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy."
Example
More examples"Up and down the street not a child was to be seen. A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it."
Etymology
From sand + boy.
Related phrases
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