stand Sam
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A reference to Uncle Sam, imagined as paying for supplies for the US military.
Verb[edit]
stand Sam (third-person singular simple present stands Sam, present participle standing Sam, simple past and past participle stood Sam)
- (slang, archaic) To pay for refreshment or drink; to treat somebody to something.
- 1959, John Dickson Carr, Scandal at High Chimneys, page 9:
- If you care to stroll into the Argyll Rooms about eleven, I'll stand sam for a bottle to celebrate.
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary