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
And Tony, merry as a sandboy, changed the subject, declaring that he had only one desire in life just then, and that was—food.
From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon
But he must have thought a lot in the night time, for in the morning he had got himself in hand and was as cheerful as a sandboy.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
"How is your Hannah's late husband?" inquired the Reb with almost a wink, for everything combined to make him jolly as a sandboy.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
The decision once made, I was happy as a sandboy.
From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William
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