sleepyhead
Example Sentences
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“Rise and shine, sleepyheads. I made pancakes,” someone said.
From Literature
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And it’s me you hear when it goes off … come on now, sleepyhead.
From New York Times
“Morning, sleepyhead,” Dad said, spooning sugar into his coffee mug.
From Literature
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“Salaam alaikum, sleepyhead,” she says, and starts picking up my clothes from the floor.
From Literature
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He said he rid the staff of “sleepyheads and chair sitters” and had shooed away long-term guests.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.