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sleepyhead

[slee-pee-hed] / ˈsli piˌhɛd /












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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

Be on your toes, sleepyhead; just got word that Mellon has escaped from his stateroom.

From Unwise Child by Randall Garrett

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 Arthur William Ryder

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

Get to work, you sleepyheads, and search down the stream.

From The Sword Maker by Robert Barr


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