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▪ I. Sam, n.1 slang.|sæm|
Also Sammy.
[Of obscure origin.
Commonly identified with Sam shortened form of the Christian name Samuel, and hence written with capital S. The two uses may belong to different words.]
1. to stand Sam: to pay expenses, esp. for refreshment or drink.
1823Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. v, Landlady, serve them with a glass of tape, all round; and I'll stand Sammy. 1840H. Cockton Val. Vox xli, They make John Bull stand Sam. 1887J. Farrell How He Died 61 I'll stand Sam this time for Jemima's sake.
2. upon my Sam: a jocular mode of asseveration. Also without const.: an oath, a promise. [Cf. salmon2, sang.]
1879‘Frank’ (F. J. Squires) Nine Days in Devon 12 Or 'pon my zam! oi really think as Zal'd a zot on moine. 1899Kipling Stalky 17 'Pon my sacred Sam, though, it's enough to drive a man to drink. 1939J. Masefield Live & Kicking Ned 115 On that I swop my solemn sam. 1940M. Allingham Black Plumes xii. 138 Upon my Sam I think you're both mad. 1966‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 71 He'd see that things were righted, upon his Sam he would.
▪ II. Sam, n.2
Abbrev. of sambo (sense 2).
1867W. H. Dixon New Amer. II. ii. 13 Sam—all negroes there are Sams—may be a Methodist. 1877L. Hearn Genius Loci in Cincinnati Commercial 12 Aug. 6/4 I'm Rag-a-back Sam, And I don't care a d―m, Fur I sooner-be a nigger dan a poor white man. 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 152/1 Sam, a negro who demeans himself to secure favor with white people. 1964L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 4 Black Sams! Why don't they do somethin' so we can handle this once and for all! 1973K. Johnson in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 148 Sam, a common name of black males, it is used to refer to any black male. In addition, the story character, Sambo, was black; perhaps the label derives from ‘Little Black Sambo’. |