sandy

sandy
sandy late 15c. as a nickname for ALEXANDER (Cf. Alexander); 1520s as "having hair of a yellowish-red color," from O.E. sandig "of the nature of sand" (see SAND (Cf. sand) + -Y (Cf. -y) (2)). Both senses combine in the colloquial use as the typical name for a Scotsman (1785).

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