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Sandy, n.|ˈsændɪ|
Also 5 Sande, 6 Sandie.
A shortened form of the name Alexander, chiefly used in Scotland. Hence used as a nickname for a Scotchman. Cf. sawney.
1473Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 17 Item fra Sandy Wardrowpar, iij elne of blac. Ibid. 89 Item, to Sande Boyd..iiij li. x s. 1508Dunbar Poems iv. 69 He has Blind Hary, et Sandy Traill Slaine with his schour of mortall haill. 1585Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 390/2 Sandie clark. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Sawny or Sandy, a general nick name for a Scotchman. 1888Harper's Mag. Sept. 493 A party of Lowland Sandies who filled the other seats. |