sandboy

/ ˈsændˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. happy as a sandboy or jolly as a sandboy
   very happy; high-spirited

Example Sentences

You'd think I'd have had enough of it by now, but as long as the band is cooking and the music is rocking and the audience is laughing, I'm happy as a sandboy.

From The Guardian

And then we all walked off to breakfast with you, Frank, as jolly as sandboys.

From Project Gutenberg

I further asked you to send for your son, thinking that a little wild bush life would make a wholesome change for a schoolboy, and we would have been as jolly as sandboys together.

From Project Gutenberg

They were always sprawling between our feet, but though they sometimes got more kicks than ha'pence, they seemed perfectly happy, and as jolly as sandboys.

From Project Gutenberg

Why the crowd's as meek as sheep and as good natured as sandboys.

From Project Gutenberg