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sleepy-dust

sleepy-dust is the alternative spelling of sleepy dust.

Meaning of sleepy dust

Noun

sleepy dust (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Rheum crusted around the eyes from sleep.
    • Ellen looked at her, at her face, now serious, with traces of sleepy dust still in the corners of her eyes.2008, Kathleen McCleary, House and Home, Hyperion Books, published 2008, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    crusty, gound, sleep

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What is sleepy-dust the alternative spelling of?
Sleepy-dust is the alternative spelling of sleepy dust.

Words near sleepy-dust in the dictionary

  1. sleepy sand
  2. sleepy sickness
  3. sleepy underwing
  4. sleepy-bye
  5. sleepy-byes
  6. sleepy-dust
  7. sleepyhead
  8. sleepyheads
  9. sleepytime
  10. sleepytimes
  11. sleer

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