sleepyhead
Americannoun
noun
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And it’s me you hear when it goes off … come on now, sleepyhead.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Mr. Davis, no sleepyhead, was out fishing with Native Oscar Otis at 5 the following morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was about to begin going over the steps of indirect proof when I heard Danny say, “You’re always sleeping! What a sleepyhead you are!” and I opened my eyes.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Gently the White Linen Nurse shifted her shoulder to accommodate the shifting little sleepyhead on her breast.
From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
We hadn’t expected to see Reddy Schreiner at such an early hour, for he was always a sleepyhead, and no alarm clock would ever wake him.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
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