noun
Meaning 1
A boy who sells sand.
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Standard Lemma guide
sandboy
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noun
Meaning 2
A proverbially happy or jolly person.
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noun
Meaning 3
a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
History
Etymology
From sand + boy.