Meanings
nounsleepy-dust (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of sleepy dust.
The two boys didn't interest me much — the older one, Simon, was so dozy he always had sleepy-dust in the corner of his eyes, […]
2006, Andrew Motion, In the Blood: A Memoir of My Childhood, David R. Godine, published 2007, →ISBN, page 159
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