beauty sleep

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noun Informal.

sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty.

any extra sleep.

Origin of beauty sleep

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby beauty sleep

beauty contest, Beauty is only skin deep, beauty quark, beauty queen, beauty salon, beauty sleep, beauty spot, beauty strip, beauty therapist, Beauvais, Beauvoir

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Example sentences from the Web for beauty sleep

You want your beauty-sleep, and you wont get it unless you are quick.
A Very Naughty Girl|L. T. Meade
Startled from her beauty-sleep, she sprang away like a hare, and scoured the plain in whirling circles.
Baby Jane's Mission|Reginald Parnell
If this mad scheme comes off you will need your beauty-sleep with a vengeance!
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
I had missed my beauty-sleep, and my feet had frozen hard, but I was past regrets.
My Man Jeeves|P. G. Wodehouse

But there must be no beauty-sleep for the tired young girl who plied her needle.
Kidnapped at the Altar|Laura Jean Libbey

British Dictionary definitions for beauty sleep

beauty sleep

noun

informal sleep, esp sleep before midnight

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单词	beauty sleep
释义	beauty sleep SEE SYNONYMS FOR beauty sleep ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal. sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty. any extra sleep. Origin of beauty sleep First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby beauty sleep beauty contest, Beauty is only skin deep, beauty quark, beauty queen, beauty salon, beauty sleep, beauty spot, beauty strip, beauty therapist, Beauvais, Beauvoir Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beauty sleep You want your beauty-sleep, and you wont get it unless you are quick. A Very Naughty Girl\|L. T. Meade Startled from her beauty-sleep, she sprang away like a hare, and scoured the plain in whirling circles. Baby Jane's Mission\|Reginald Parnell If this mad scheme comes off you will need your beauty-sleep with a vengeance! Joan of the Sword Hand\|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett I had missed my beauty-sleep, and my feet had frozen hard, but I was past regrets. My Man Jeeves\|P. G. Wodehouse But there must be no beauty-sleep for the tired young girl who plied her needle. Kidnapped at the Altar\|Laura Jean Libbey British Dictionary definitions for beauty sleep beauty sleep noun informal sleep, esp sleep before midnight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beauty sleep forty winks, nap, rest, siesta, snooze
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beauty sleep

noun Informal.

Origin of beauty sleep

Words nearby beauty sleep

Example sentences from the Web for beauty sleep

British Dictionary definitions for beauty sleep

noun

Words related to beauty sleep