sandman
[ sand-man ]
/ ˈsændˌmæn /
noun, plural sand·men.
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British Dictionary definitions for sandman
sandman
/ (ˈsændˌmæn) /
noun plural -men
(in folklore) a magical person supposed to put children to sleep by sprinkling sand in their eyes
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Word Origin and History for sandman
sandman
bringer of sleep in nursery lore, 1861, from sand (n.) in reference to hard grains found in the eyelashes on waking; first attested in a translation from the Norwegian of Andersen (his Ole Lukoie "Ole Shut-eye," about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842), and perhaps partly from German Sandmann. More common in U.S.; dustman with the same sense is attested from 1821.
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