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sandmen

  • plural
    of sandman.
    sandman
    noun
    the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.

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She’s pretty and pretty ridiculous, but the digital sandmen her character summons up to fight Conan, which burst out of the ground like rockets and explode into dust, are nifty.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2011