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sleep nappy

sleep nappy noun: synonym of nighttime diaper.

Noun

sleep nappy (plural sleep nappies)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, uncommon) Synonym of nighttime diaper.
    • For example, a child told to take off her sleep nappy and put on her pants, and not to play with some soap, was still walking around in her nappy and playing with the soap one hour later.2007 July, Priscilla Alderson, Liz Brooke, Report of Review of St Stephen's Children's Centre, Newham: services for children aged up to 3...
    • If you put your child to sleep without a nappy and he urinated in his bed, don't worry about it. You may want to ask yourself whether it is worth using a sleep nappy at this stage. It is best to approach bladder control during the day before working on 'dry nights'.2013, Kathryn Mewes, The 3 Day Nanny: Simple Three-day Solutions for Sleeping, Eating, Potty Training & Behaviour Challenges, Vermilion, →ISBN, page 248

Synonyms of sleep nappy

Forms of sleep nappy

pluralsleep nappies

Questions about sleep nappy

What does sleep nappy mean?
Sleep nappy means synonym of nighttime diaper.
What part of speech is sleep nappy?
Sleep nappy is a noun.
What is the plural of sleep nappy?
The plural of sleep nappy is sleep nappies.

Words near sleep nappy in the dictionary

  1. sleep mask
  2. sleep masks
  3. sleep mode
  4. sleep modes
  5. sleep nappies
  6. sleep nappy
  7. sleep of the just
  8. sleep off
  9. sleep on
  10. sleep one off
  11. sleep out

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