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sandboy

British  
/ ˈsændˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. very happy; high-spirited

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 • Mar. 4, 2013

But I've seen her, and everything's all right, and I'm as happy as a sandboy.

From Edward Barry South Sea Pearler by Becke, Louis

"Of course I am;—as jolly as a sandboy," he said.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

We're getting on beautiful, and I'm as happy as a sandboy.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

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 Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry