SANDBOY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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