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ˈsand-boy
[f. sand n.2 + boy n.1]
1. ? A boy who hawks sand for sale. In proverbial phr. as happy (or jolly, etc.) as a sandboy.
1821P. Egan Life in London ii. v. 289 Logic..appeared to be as happy as a sand-boy, who had unexpectedly met with good luck in disposing of his hampers full of the above-household commodity. 1823‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf, Sand-boy, all rags and all happiness; the urchins who drive the sand-laden neddies through our streets, are envied by the capon-eating turtle-loving epicures of these cities. ‘As jolly as a sand-boy’, designates a merry fellow who has tasted a drop. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xviii, The Jolly Sandboys was a small road-side inn.., with a sign, representing three Sandboys increasing their jollity. 1841E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 70 We will smoke together and be as merry as sandboys. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto i. xxiv, Everything combined to make him as jolly as a sand-boy. 1928Daily Express 17 Mar. 3/1 The King was in his element here... He was happy as a sandboy. 1958Daily Sketch 2 June 11/3 Brimming with health, polished like a Derby cup, happy as a sandboy. 1973Perthshire Advertiser 17 Feb. 18/3 It isn't hot, but they're as happy as sandboys.
2. = sand-man: see sand n.2 10.
1873St. Paul's Mag. Feb. 139 But you are sleepy—the sand-boys are in your eyes. |