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sleepy-dust

sleepy-dust

See also: sleepy dust

English

Noun

sleepy-dust (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of sleepy dust
    • 2006, Andrew Motion, In the Blood: A Memoir of My Childhood, David R. Godine (2007), ISBN 9781567923391, page 159:
      The two boys didn't interest me much — the older one, Simon, was so dozy he always had sleepy-dust in the corner of his eyes, []
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