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1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vi. 51 (heading) The legend of Sleepy Hollow.

1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 53 This sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys.

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 321 Beauclerc, who had not yet tried the chair, sank into its luxurious depth, and leaning back, asked if it might not be appropriately called the ‘Sleepy-hollow’.

1836 Madrid in 1835 I. v. 94 No friendly arm-chair; none of that somniferous form, not unaptly termed ‘sleepy hollow’.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. v. 79 There were..Sleepy-Hollow chairs, and queer tables.

1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ (1901) xxiv. 311 The whole place seemed a maritime sleepy hollow, the dwellers in which had lost all interest in life.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 360 Rip van Winkle we played... Then I did Rip van Winkle coming back. She leaned on the sideboard watching. Moorish eyes. Twenty years asleep in Sleepy Hollow.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. vii. 53 ‘First time I remember anything of the sort on that Board.’ ‘Sleepy hollow,’ said Soames.

1955 ‘A. Gilbert’ Is she Dead Too? v. 91 There's plenty of work to be had, you don't have to stop in Sleepy Hollow.

1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana 98 It is a charming little sleepy hollow of a town with long strait streets.

1966 M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design (1967) 412 Sleepy hollow chair, a mid-19th-century American chair which is upholstered and has a curved back and low, comfortable arms. The seat is usually scooped out.

1976 N. Freeling Lake Isle viii. 43 This bastard in Soulay is merely wanting to make a fuss. Sleepy hollow. If he were any good he wouldn't be there.

1981 London Rev. Bks. 2 July 6/4 The restless forces were never as strong in Britain as the laws of inertia and the politics of Sleepy Hollow.