sleepyhead
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- sleepyheaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of sleepyhead
Example Sentences
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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
"The reason I'm putting you on the first watch is because you're such a sleepyhead."
From Ted Strong's Motor Car by Taylor, Edward C.
Yes, let men call it vulgar, if they will, The trade that thrives while sleeps the sleepyhead; Yes, knavery, not bravery, call it still, To overreach confiding folk a-bed.
From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William
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