Definition of "sleepyhead" []

• Informal One who is in need of or groggy from sleep. (noun)

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• "Now it also seems to me that he who dreams is more awake than he who sleeps, and that he who spends a third part of his life in utter unconsciousness better deserves to be called a sleepyhead and dullard, than he for whom the dark nights are also vivid and rich with pulsing life."
• "[Illustration: Dorothea was a "sleepyhead"] "It's one of those awful clocks that go off every minute!" said"
• "Dorothea was a "sleepyhead" and had seldom been known to get up when first awakened."