Up and down the street not a child was to be seen. A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it.
Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy.
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sandboy — ► NOUN (in phrase as happy as a sandboy) ▪ extremely happy or carefree. ORIGIN probably originally denoting a boy going around selling sand … English terms dictionary
sandboy — n. Phrases and idioms: happy as a sandboy extremely happy or carefree. Etymology: prob. = a boy hawking sand for sale * * * noun a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in happy as a sandboy • Regions: ↑United Kingdom,… … Useful english dictionary
sandboy — /ˈsændbɔɪ/ (say sandboy) phrase happy as a sandboy, Colloquial extremely happy …
sandboy — sand·boy || sændbɔɪ n. (British) young sand peddler, young boy selling sand at a seashore resort … English contemporary dictionary
(as) happy as a sandboy (or Brit. Larry or N. Amer. a clam) — extremely happy. [prob. orig. denoting a boy hawking sand for sale.] → happy … English new terms dictionary
be as happy as a sandboy — be as happy as Larry/a sandboy British & Australian, American to be very happy and to have no worries. We married nine days after we met, and three years on we re happy as Larry. Since he s been at college he s as happy as a clam … New idioms dictionary
happy as a sandboy — extremely happy … English contemporary dictionary
happy as a sandboy — Very happy. Very carefree … A concise dictionary of English slang
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