sandboy

English

From sand +‎ boy.

sandboy (plural sandboys)

A boy who sells sand.
- 1880, George MacDonald, Sir Gibbie, Hurst and Blackett
  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.
(in similes) A proverbially happy or jolly person.
- 1910, O Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball, in The Trimmed Lamp
  Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 23:
  Craw was happy as a sandboy, he reported: quite his former vile self, but a bit dazed to be bearded by Luke without warning.

单词	sandboy
释义	sandboy English Etymology From sand +‎ boy. Noun sandboy (plural sandboys) A boy who sells sand. 1880, George MacDonald, Sir Gibbie, Hurst and Blackett 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. (in similes) A proverbially happy or jolly person. 1910, O Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball, in The Trimmed Lamp Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy. 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 23: Craw was happy as a sandboy, he reported: quite his former vile self, but a bit dazed to be bearded by Luke without warning. Derived terms happy as a sandboy jolly as a sandboy Anagrams bonyads
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