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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 — noun a) A boy who sells sand 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. b) A proverbially happy or jolly person Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach… …   Wiktionary

  • 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

  • List of Empire ships (Sa–Sh) — The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with Empire . Mostly they were used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), who owned the ships but contracted… …   Wikipedia

  • Marco Andreoni — Personal information Full name Marco Andreoni Date of birth 12 August 1988 ( …   Wikipedia

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