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beauty sleep noun

  /ˈbjuti ˌslip/ , /ˈbjuːti ˌsliːp/
  • (uncountable) Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly, humorous) , sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep. [from early 19th c.]
  • (uncountable, chiefly, humorous) Extra sleep; also (generally) , any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.
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