sleepyhead
noun
a sleepy person.
sleepyheads
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pluralof sleepyhead.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Let’s say the whole world finally wakes up to the idea that we night owls are more than laggards and sleepyheads.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2018
I’m standing in the Starbucks line behind 10 other sleepyheads, waiting to order my tall skinny cappuccino, otherwise known as a shot of coffee described as I wish to be.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2015
At the centre of the stage is a huge bed; to one side there is a bathroom, into which a procession of sleepyheads troop to make their daily transformations.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
A study finds that snoring sleepyheads are twice as likely to suffer a stroke as ordinary snoozers.
From Time Magazine Archive
We ran right in through a fleet of your sleepyheads.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
