He is jolly as a sandboy, he is happier than a king. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917] Reference
‘Of course I am; — as jolly as a sandboy,’ he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
A couple of kids in a few years and she'll be happy as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [two women]
"Well, and Vera said, 'Here's Luce lying tucked up as jolly as a sandboy, why shouldn't we be jolly too?'". From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
He was in precisely the same position, only worse, because married; and yet she felt as blithe as a ‘sandboy.’. From Wordnik.com. [Maid in Waiting] Reference
Forty — he supposed — with three children and fourteen hundred things to attend to every day; shingled, and cheerful as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
I was happy as a sandboy — beautiful wife, beautiful children, house, secure job, good social life — then, wham, the wife hits me between the eyes with the muscled actor from next door who's been shafting her for months. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
We're getting on beautiful, and I'm as happy as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Gibbie] Reference
But I've seen her, and everything's all right, and I'm as happy as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Barry South Sea Pearler] Reference
You'll get into it by-and-by, you see if you don't, and be as jolly as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers] Reference
Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million] Reference
I am as jolly as a sandboy so long as I live on a minimum and drink no alcohol, and as vigorous as ever I was in my life. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2] Reference
But he must have thought a lot in the night time, for in the morning he had got himself in hand and was as cheerful as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
They were so bitter about Britain and all her works that I gathered they were getting pretty panicky, and that made me as jolly as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
I got him a berth as wharfinger to a steamship company at twelve pounds, and he was made as happy as a sandboy, I can tell you: Lizzie knows that much, for I told her. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Gerrard] Reference
Trunkers met me at Marlow clubhouse shortly before Christmas and escorted the terrified six-year-old down to his age group area, shuffling along next to Archie, as happy as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I was in high glee about it, and Richard went away as jolly as a sandboy, only leaving me to receive the papers; and no sooner was he gone than I got a letter to tell me the Council of State had raised an objection to its being printed, and I have been obliged to remain in the hotel at Rio at great expense, and all alone to fight the case as best I may. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
‘I’m as jolly as a sandboy, myself, sir,’ said Mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
I saw it in a book in the library: 'as jolly as a sandboy', was the expression. ". From Wordnik.com. [The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life] Reference
"as jolly as a sandboy," "right as a trivet;" had had "one or two very good things," and thought that upon the whole he liked Ennis better than. From Wordnik.com. [An Eye for an Eye] Reference
Mutchell, "as he was called by his friends, and he had many, for he was as jolly as a sandboy and always joking, in fact more like a man of fifty instead of eighty, as he really was. From Wordnik.com. [Some Reminiscences of old Victoria] Reference
And found him always the same -- so beautifully cared for that, upon my soul, I never saw a baby in my life so sweet and clean and wholesome-looking; jolly as a little sandboy all the time, too. ". From Wordnik.com. [Sisters] Reference
"What is a sandboy?" asked Lettice. From Wordnik.com. [The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life] Reference
The decision once made, I was happy as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
But Young John awoke warm and jolly as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [News from the Duchy] Reference
"I'm all right and as jolly as a sandboy. From Wordnik.com. [Red Money] Reference
‘What did I say: — jolly as a sandboy?. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
You'll be as jolly as a sandboy to-morrow. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
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