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Definition of Sleep late
1. Verb. Sleep later than usual or customary. "On Sundays, I sleep in"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleep Late
Literary usage of Sleep late
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cawnpore by George Otto Trevelyan (1866)
"their horses, and joined Tantia Topee on the platform of the temple. And the Nana
did not sleep late, if, indeed, he slept at all. ..."
2. The Serial and Oral Method of Teaching Languages: Adapted to the French by Louis Manesca (1869)
"Do they sleep late at your house ? Thev sleep very late there in the morning.—Do
you sleep late? I sleep late in the morning.—Do you like to sleep lute? ..."
3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Goes to sleep late from crowding of thoughts on him.—Goes to sleep late ; wakens
at 3 am and lies awake till break of day, when he falls into a dull ..."
4. The New Housekeeping: Efficiency Studies in Home Management by Christine Frederick (1913)
""I have found that young girls employed as servants often deplore that they never
have a morning when they can sleep late after a party or dance. ..."
5. Workmanship in Words by James Prentice Kelley (1916)
"He easily reached the conclusion that men live to be old because they do not
sleep late, instead of perceiving that men do not sleep late because they are ..."
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