Meaning of dogsleep | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted.
   uncountable
2. Feigned sleep.
   obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“This was Gabriel Varden's state as, nodding in his dog sleep⟳, and leaving his horse to pursue⟳ a road with which he was well acquainted, he got over the ground unconsciously, and drew nearer and nearer home.”

“[M]any of the convicts made up for their lack of rest⟳ by snatching a dog-sleep in the bared bunks.”

“Juvenal, indeed, mentions a drowsy husband, who raised an estate by snoring, but then he is represented to have⟳ slept what the common people call⟳ dog's sleep⟳”

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