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sleepy head

sleepy head is the alternative form of sleepyhead.

Meaning of sleepyhead

Noun

sleepyhead (plural sleepyheads)

  1. (informal) A sleepy person.
    • Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
  2. The ruddy duck.

Forms of sleepy head

pluralsleepy heads

Questions about sleepy head

What is sleepy head the alternative form of?
Sleepy head is the alternative form of sleepyhead.

Words near sleepy head in the dictionary

  1. Sleepy Don
  2. sleepy dust
  3. Sleepy Eye
  4. sleepy gobies
  5. sleepy goby
  6. sleepy head
  7. sleepy heads
  8. Sleepy Hollow
  9. Sleepy Joe
  10. sleepy lizard
  11. sleepy sand

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