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sleepyhead

noun
/ˈslipiˌhɛd/US

Etymology

From sleepy + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as sleepyhead — “sleepy + head”

Definitions

  1. A sleepy person.

    • Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
    • Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring
    • It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.

  2. The ruddy duck.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA