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sleeping draughts

sleeping draughts is the plural 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

Questions about sleeping draughts

What is sleeping draughts the plural of?
Sleeping draughts is the plural of sleeping draught.

Words near sleeping draughts in the dictionary

  1. sleeping draft
  2. sleeping drafts
  3. sleeping dragon
  4. sleeping dragons
  5. sleeping draught
  6. sleeping draughts
  7. sleeping funny
  8. sleeping giant
  9. sleeping giants
  10. sleeping in
  11. sleeping in heavenly peace

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