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sleepy

/ˈsliːpi/ noun C2
  1. The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound. (informal, uncountable)

Plural sleepies

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Danglars was tired and sleepy; he therefore went to bed, placing his pocketbook under his pillow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1066 · C1
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 5 · C1
Each little Indian sleepy-head
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 9 · C1
'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head?'
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1

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