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sleeping draft

sleeping draft is the alternative spelling of sleeping draught.

Meaning of sleeping draught

Noun

sleeping draught (plural sleeping draughts)

  1. (dated) A liquid medicine that induces sleep.
    • In the evening, when the princess came and brought him his drink, he made appear as if he drank, but he threw it over his shoulder, for he felt sure she had put a sleeping draught in his drink.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 240

Forms of sleeping draft

pluralsleeping drafts

Questions about sleeping draft

What is sleeping draft the alternative spelling of?
Sleeping draft is the alternative spelling of sleeping draught.

Words near sleeping draft in the dictionary

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