beauty sleep
Americannoun
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sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty.
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any extra sleep.
noun
Etymology
Origin of beauty sleep
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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But, she said, she had had to step down "to catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022
"Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly," she said in 2011.
From Fox News • Dec. 12, 2021
Being more diligent about getting my beauty sleep.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2015
For the next few days, though, she just hopes to unwind with a routine that sounded not very different from her training regime: hitting the gym and getting in her beauty sleep.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2013
“But I need my beauty sleep if one day Prince Charming is going to gallop down Main Street and sweep me off my feet.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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