Associations to the word «Sandman»

Wiktionary

SANDMAN, noun. A legendary figure who is said to bring good sleep and dreams by placing sand in the eyes.
SANDMAN, noun. Used as a symbol of the passage of time to death.

Dictionary definition

SANDMAN, noun. An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope