noun
General Slang
Sand Dancer
· noun · geordie
Someone from South Shields, on the south bank of the Tyne mouth.
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A native of South Shields. Two theories run side by side: one credits the town's long sandy beaches, the other points to the early-1900s music-hall act Wilson, Keppel and Betty, whose Sand Dance was a national hit. Either way, Shields folk own it.
“Me dad's a Sand Dancer, born on Ocean Road.”
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Sand Dancer In A Sentence
Me dad's a Sand Dancer, born on Ocean Road.
Origin & Usage
Often linked to the Wilson, Keppel and Betty Sand Dance variety act, popular when South Shields' identity was forming around its beaches.
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