sleepyhead
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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
You mustn't think I'm always such a sleepyhead.
From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson
Well, well, you young sleepyhead, up and into your clothes, sir.
From The Daredevil by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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
There were many wonderful things there, but as you're all yawning, and we couldn't make sleepyheads understand, for that you'll have to wait till another night.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon
