sandboy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You'd think I'd have had enough of it by now, but as long as the band is cooking and the music is rocking and the audience is laughing, I'm happy as a sandboy.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2013
A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
"Of course I am;—as jolly as a sandboy," he said.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
I am as jolly as a sandboy so long as I live on a minimum and drink no alcohol, and as vigorous as ever I was in my life.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
For nearly three weeks the horses dragged the waggon slowly on over the prairie, and although it was very hot and dusty, Jack was as happy as a sandboy.
From Left on the Prairie by Cox, M. B.
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