siesta
/siˈɛstə/ noun C2- A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
- Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.
Plural siestas
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I'll give you an hour for a siesta, Watson, and then I think it will be time for our Ryder Street adventure."
The heat of the day had gradually decreased, and a light breeze arose, seeming like the respiration of nature on awakening from the burning siesta of the south.
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