sleeps

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sliːps/

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• Rhymes: -iːps

Noun

sleeps

1. (Ireland) plural of sleep
   • 1908, William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, The Unicorn from the Stars, and Other Plays, The Unicorn from the Stars: Act I, page 35,38:

     Page 35: Andrew: I would believe it, Martin. I used to have very long sleeps myself and very queer dreams.
     Page 38: Thomas: Rouse yourself, Martin, and don't be talking the way a fool talks. You started making that golden coach, and you were set upon it, and you had me tormented about it. You have yourself wore out working at it and planning it and thinking of it, and at the end of the race, when you have the winning post in sight, and horses hired for to bring it to Dublin Castle, you go falling into sleeps and blathering about dreams, and we run to a great danger of letting the profit and the sale go by. Sit down on the bench now, and lay your hands to the work.

Verb

sleeps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep

Anagrams

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