beauty sleep

American  

noun

Informal.

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

2. any extra sleep.

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beauty sleep British  

noun

1. informal sleep, esp sleep before midnight

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Etymology

Origin of beauty sleep

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Last month the 60-year-old tearfully announced she was leaving the station and her "lovely listener" so that she could "catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".

From BBC

But, she said, she had had to step down "to catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".

From BBC

Vanessa Feltz has announced she is leaving BBC Radio 2 next month, saying it's time to catch up on a decade of beauty sleep.

From BBC

But, she said she had to step down "to catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".

From BBC

“Why are you up so early anyway? Don’t you need your beauty sleep?”

From Literature