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sleepy sand

noun

Definitions

  1. Sleep (rheum around the eyes).

    • Sleep in your eyes, sleep crust, sand, eye gunk—whatever you call it, we all get it—that crusty stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning. "The medical term is 'rheum,' though you rarely hear it used," […]

  2. The sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleepy, sand.

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