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SANDBOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sandboy mean?
• SANDBOY (noun)
The noun SANDBOY has 1 sense:
1. a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in 'happy as a sandboy'
Familiarity information: SANDBOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in 'happy as a sandboy'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sandboy" is a kind of...):
hawker; packman; peddler; pedlar; pitchman (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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