Meaning of sleepy sand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sleep (rheum around the eyes).
   uncountable
2. The sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes.
   uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleepy, sand.
   uncountable

Examples

“Sleep in your eyes, sleep crust, sand, eye gunk—whatever you call it, we all get it—that crusty stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning. "The medical term is 'rheum,' though you rarely hear it used," […]”

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