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Definition of Sleepyhead
1. Noun. A sleepy person.
Definition of Sleepyhead
1. n. A sleepy person.
Definition of Sleepyhead
1. Noun. (informal) A sleepy person. ¹
2. Noun. The ruddy duck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sleepyhead
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Medical Definition of Sleepyhead
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1. A sleepy person. "To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead." (Mother Goose)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleepyhead
Literary usage of Sleepyhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silent Readers by William Dodge Lewis, Albert Lindsay Rowland (1920)
"My mama wasn'ta sleepyhead, and my name isn't Dozy Pate." "He's such a sleepyhead
he doesn't know his own name," said the ..."
2. Story Telling: What to Tell and how to Tell it by Edna (Lyman) Scott (1910)
"Well, good-day, Madam sleepyhead, and good luck to you! " And off he stumped over
the dead leaves, ... Madam sleepyhead, indeed! " she reechoed indignantly. ..."
3. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1838)
"... with one Linger-after-Lust, and with one sleepyhead, and with a young woman,
her name was Dull, to turn out of the way and become as they. ..."
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