D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sandman

/săn'-dmănˌ/ · Sand·man · IPA /ˈsænd.mæn/
01 n. A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.
  1. 1.
    A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.