Sammy
noun
a male given name, form of Samuel.
sammy
British
/ ˈsæmɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sammy
C20: from the forename Sammy
Example Sentences
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Lewis Church and Sammy Ball won silver and bronze respectively for England in the decathlon.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
Memory, desire and moral evasion all complicate the inquiry: It’s pointless, Sammy suggests, “to say that each consciousness is a whole world because each consciousness is a dozen worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But there was also listening to the rock station; I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty; I heard AC/DC, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, all this music that moved me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
She started a small fire, more to let Sammy know she had faith in him than because she thought he would actually catch anything.
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
One is the annual awards known as the Sammies, which honor federal employees — nominated by their peers and supervisors — who have led the way in their fields.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2019
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
Its kind of maddening to be hangin round here when I might be over there helpin the Sammies put a stop to this thing.
From Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie by G. William Breck
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