What does dogsleep mean?
Dogsleep means Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted..
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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Dogsleep means Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted..
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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.
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