sandman

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(the sandman) [sing.] an imaginary man who is said to make children fall asleep

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

sandmanEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus sandmanEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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sandal sandalled sandalwood sandbag sandbank sandbar sandblast sandbox sandcastle sand dune sander

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