zeds
Britishplural noun
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sleep
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to have a nap
Example Sentences
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The twin zeds in Z&Z Manoushe Bakery do not stand for anyone connected with the small, family-run Rockville shop.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022
But, hunting among the zeds, I decided to write about "zanies" in the sense of clowns, fools and comics.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2012
Thousands of policymakers and scientists from all over the world had gathered, hoping to dot the i's, cross the zeds and umlaut the o's on the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the U.N.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His esses are like zeds, and his effs are like vees.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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The Zummerzetzheer dialect, full of broad oos and eternal zeds, supplies never-failing laughter when brought upon the stage.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
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