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Sandman

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Noun

1. sandman

an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sandman

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noun plural -men
(in folklore) a magical person supposed to put children to sleep by sprinkling sand in their eyes

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Sandman

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noun
a mythical person, as in fairy tales, supposed to make children sleepy by dusting sand in their eyes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sandman

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n.
A character in fairy tales and folklore who makes children go to sleep by sprinkling sand in their eyes.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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