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sleepy dust

sleepy dust noun: rheum crusted around the eyes from sleep.

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

Synonyms of sleepy dust

Forms of sleepy dust

alternative formsleepy-dust

Questions about sleepy dust

What does sleepy dust mean?
Sleepy dust means rheum crusted around the eyes from sleep.
What part of speech is sleepy dust?
Sleepy dust is a noun.

Words near sleepy dust in the dictionary

  1. sleepy catchfly
  2. sleepy cod
  3. sleepy crab
  4. sleepy distemper
  5. Sleepy Don
  6. sleepy dust
  7. Sleepy Eye
  8. sleepy gobies
  9. sleepy goby
  10. sleepy head
  11. sleepy heads

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