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slumber

/ˈslʌm.bɚ/ noun C2
  1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
  2. A very heavy state of sleep.
  3. A state of ignorance or inaction. (figuratively)

Plural slumbers

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A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 16 · B2
But slumber holds me tightly till I waken in the dawn,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1
He appeared presently, looking a little irritable at being disturbed in his slumbers.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 40 · B2
Child in bed, they slumber--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1

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