sleeping pill

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noun
  1. a pill or capsule containing a drug for inducing sleep.

Origin of sleeping pill

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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sleeping pill

noun
  1. a pill or tablet containing a sedative drug, such as a barbiturate, used to induce sleep

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