beauty sleep

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nounInformal.
  1. sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty.

  2. any extra sleep.

Origin of beauty sleep

1
First recorded in 1855–60

Words Nearby beauty sleep

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How to use beauty sleep in a sentence

  • It’s particularly effective in the bedroom, where cool, clean air will help ensure you get plenty of high-quality beauty sleep.

  • He had had occasion to wake Bones from his beauty sleep before, but he had never been as bad as this.

  • Let your concern for the herd be the first and last thought of the day, and then I'll get my beauty sleep this winter.

    Wells Brothers | Andy Adams
  • At any rate she might as well try to get a little beauty sleep before dressing to go to the Tosswills.

    What Timmy Did | Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • I shall leave early, about the time you are getting your beauty sleep.

  • That's too bad for the General, that he has to be aroused out of his beauty sleep.

    Hookers | Richard F. Mann

British Dictionary definitions for beauty sleep

beauty sleep

noun
  1. informal sleep, esp sleep before midnight

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