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sand⋅man

  [sand-man]
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–noun, plural -men.
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
Origin:
1860–65; sand + man 1
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sand·man   (sānd'mān')   
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, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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sandman 
bringer of sleep in nursery lore, 1861, from sand in ref. to hard grains found in the eyelashes on waking; first attested in a translation of Andersen, and perhaps from Ger. Sandmann or a translation of Norw. Ole Lukoie "Olaf Shuteye"), more common in Amer.Eng.; dustman with the same sense is attested from 1821.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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