Sandboy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sandboy is a noun meaning A boy who sells sand.
Meaning
A boy who sells sand.
More Meanings
- (in similes) A proverbially happy or jolly person.
Example Sentences
Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy.
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.
Craw was happy as a sandboy, he reported: quite his former vile self, but a bit dazed to be bearded by Luke without warning.
Word Forms
- sandboys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sandman, shopboy, sandlotter, beachboy, saleschild, sando.
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