Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/January 29

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beauty sleep n

(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. (uncountable, chiefly humorous) Extra sleep; also (generally), any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap. The Walt Disney animated musical film Sleeping Beauty premiered on this day in the United States 65 years ago in 1959.

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