or Sammy-Soft, subs. phr. (common).—A fool: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD. Also as adj. = foolish (GROSE).
1837. R. B. PEAKE, A Quarter to Nine, i. What a SAMMY, give me a shilling more than I axed him, he! he!
1843. W. T. MONCRIEFF, The Scamps of London, ii. 1. I’m a ruined homo, a muff, a flat, a SAM, a regular ass.
