Sammy
noun
a male given name, form of Samuel.
sammy
British
/ ˈsæmɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of sammy
C20: from the forename Sammy
Example Sentences
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They “didn’t want to stop,” said Sammy Linden, assistant director of teen girls, adding that the teens played until about 10 p.m. when she had to cut it short for bedtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Among the examples cited by the task force was the case of French programmer Sammy Azdoufal, who reportedly accessed data from thousands of robotic vacuum cleaners made by Chinese manufacturer DJI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
He opened for musical greats Liza Minnelli, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Sammy Davis Jr., and most notably, Sinatra, with whom he linked up in 1983 for a few gigs that lasted 14 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Add Sammy into that mix, all the fun I’ve had with Sammy onstage, offstage, in Cabo at his birthday parties?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
James, Maybeth and Sammy listened quietly while she recited the streets they would take to cross the city.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
If you dine here, I recommend putting some of the house chili on the sammy for some extra zing.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2017
Another burger chain, Red Robin, has begun serving a towering new sammy that unabashedly apes New York chef Keizo Shimamoto’s behemoth trend food, the Ramen Burger.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2016
The Sammies, named for the partnership’s late founder, have honored more than 500 federal employees since their inception in 2002.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2021
Every year the Sammies – as Stier called them, in honour of his original patron – attracted a few more celebrities and a bit more media attention.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2018
“Our democracy depends considerably on a well-functioning government with the best people,” said Max Stier, the president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, the nonprofit that sponsors the Sammies.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2017
The Sammies honor him and the workers who make government good in so many ways.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2015
"You might think differently if you suffered from seven Sammies the way the Poet does," said the Bibliomaniac.
From The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs
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