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
Because of this, the whole world was waiting on the edge of its seat for a result while Nevada got some beauty sleep.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2020
Being more diligent about getting my beauty sleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2015
There was no beauty sleep for Thyon Nero.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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