sand-hill noun. ['sandhɪl] OE.
[from SAND noun + HILL noun.]
1. A hill or bank of sand; esp. a dune on the seashore. OE.

2. (Sand-hill.) In pl. A region of SE Alberta, Canada; in the mythology of Plains Indians, the abode of departed spirits. Canad. M20.

Comb.:
sand-hill crane a rare N. American crane, Grus canadensis.

■ sand-hiller noun (US slang) a poor white person living in the sandy hills of Georgia and South Carolina M19.

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