Sammy
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6.3
- proper noun
- /ˈsæmi/
- Informal
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Sammy
- Sammy was excited to celebrate his birthday with friends.
- Sammy Sosa
- Sammy Davis
- Sammy Davis Jr.
It's about this girl named Sammy who goes missing.
- It's about this girl named Sammy who goes missing.
- Do you think Sammy's feelings for Jess are genuine?
- And he did say to me, it's quite clear, Sammy, you're not going to make university.
- Like, what do you think about Sammy and Jess winning?
- Why is Sammy picking him over us?
- So I just want to thank Cheryl and Sammy for partnering with us on today's event.
- He was out in the street saying, come back at me, Sammy.
- This is actually the Sammy Clark form merch that I picked up.
- And his theory was I'm going to bark, Sammy's going to bite.
- I replaced Sammy, I think his reaction was first class.
Examples
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Do you think Sammy's feelings for Jess are genuine?
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A prolific author, Sammy has written many articles sharing his expertise in photography.
Academic text (2010) -
Say it again, Sammy, I let you down.
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In all my life, Sammy, I had never been so happy.
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Hey, Sammy, it's not what it looks like.
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You have to understand something, Sammy.
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Thank you very much, Sammy.
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Okay, Sammy, I'm gonna take care of your daddy, all right?
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During my first visits, I never said more than hello, but Sammy began to recognize me.
Fiction book (1992) -
The students loved it, and so did Sammy, and he shook with laughter.
Fiction book (1992)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Sammy = Sam (semi-transparent) = Sam + y
Sammy is a familiar diminutive built from the short form Sam, so the connection is recognizable but partly conventional.
Etymology
Sammy is a friendly 'nickname' for Samuel, made from the short name Sam plus the little ending -y that makes a name sound warm or small, like 'dog' to 'doggy'. So Sammy is used as an informal, friendly name for someone called Samuel.