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sleepyhead

[ slee-pee-hed ]

/ ˈsli piˌhɛd /

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noun

a sleepy person.

Origin of sleepyhead

First recorded in 1570–80; sleepy + head

Words nearby sleepyhead

sleepwalk, sleepwalking, sleepwear, sleepy, sleepy hollow chair, sleepyhead, sleet, sleety, sleeve, sleeve board, sleeve coupling

Example sentences from the Web for sleepyhead

When he had finished the others all laughed and called him a sleepyhead.

Myths of the Cherokee |James Mooney
I am no sleepyhead, and being kept awake a little doesn't hurt me.

Avarice-Anger: |Eugne Sue
Now Dorothea was a “sleepyhead” and had seldom been known to get up when first awakened.

Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) |Various
"He's such a Sleepyhead he doesn't know his own name," said the Lefthandiron.

Andiron Tales |John Kendrick Bangs

The reason I'm putting you on the first watch is because you're such a sleepyhead.

Ted Strong's Motor Car |Edward C. Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for sleepyhead

sleepyhead

/ (ˈsliːpɪˌhɛd) /

noun

informal a sleepy or lazy person

Derived forms of sleepyhead

sleepyheaded, adjective