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Sammy, n.|ˈsæmɪ|
Also Sammie.
[Familiar dim. of the name Samuel: see -y6.]
†1. slang. A ninny, simpleton. Also in Comb. Obs.
1837E. Howard Old Commodore II. iii. 54 You have been sammy-foozled by a rascally swindler. 1838R. B. Peake Quarter to Nine i. ii. 10 What a Sammy, give me a shilling more than I axed him! 1897F. T. Jane Lordship Passen and We xv. 165 Simple Sammy, as we called Mr. Pote, the new pastor.
2. slang. In British use: an American soldier in the war of 1914–18, so called from the name Uncle Sam (see uncle n. 2 c). Now rare or Obs.
1917Punch 13 June 384/2 As a term of distinction and endearment [for the American ‘Tommies’] Mr. Punch suggests ‘Sammies’—after their uncle. 1917Nation (N.Y.) 16 Aug. 164/1 The ‘Sammies’ whom the headlines are featuring. 1918Stars & Stripes 29 Mar. 4/1 A Sammie may be defined as an American soldier as he appears in an English newspaper or a French cinema. It is a name he did not invent, does not like, never uses and will not recognize. 1921Glasgow Herald 8 July 7/2 While a French soldier costs on average 13 francs 37 per day,..a ‘Tommy’ costs 31 francs 69, and a ‘Sammy’ 59 francs 30. |