Sammy

Or Sam·mie

[sam-ee]

noun

plural

Sammies 

1. a male given name, form of Samuel.

2. a female given name, form of Samantha.

sammy

/ ˈsæmɪ /

noun

1. informal,  (in South Africa) an Indian fruit and vegetable vendor who goes from house to house

Word History and Origins

Origin of sammy¹

C20: from the forename Sammy

Example Sentences

“We touched everything from shining boots to putting uniforms together to helping props,” says military advisor Sammy “Gunny” Wray.

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Senior hitter and Washington commit Sammy Destler was named the tournament’s most valuable player.

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He’d sold some of the most famous shoe lasts at auction — a bundle of Di Fabrizio’s shoe lasts for Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. went for $4,375 in 2013 — but he still had several tons of material stacked on pallets and covered in tarps.

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Orange County’s best-known politicians are its Republican celebrity firebrands: “B-1 Bob” Dornan, who said he was only “straightening” the tie of a Democratic congressman he had called a “wimp” and did not grab him, and first-term Republican Dana Rohrabacher, a former Reagan speech writer who is behind an effort to pull federal support for controversial artwork and who spent a New Year’s Eve in Mexico partying with heavy-metal icon Sammy Hagar.

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Sammy McDonald was the last student due to debate with him, and the US support of Israel's campaign in Gaza was a focal point of their discussion.

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