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| 4 | sleep top and tail |
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| 4 | sleep head-to-foot |
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| 4 | sleep top to toe |
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| 3 | sleep head-to-toe |
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sleep head-to-toe Explanation: Like the jack of diamonds. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2020-07-08 01:59:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Like so: https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/young-couple-men-women-lying... ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc |
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3 hrs confidence:
sleep top and tail Explanation: e.g. "It's only a small bed, but we could sleep top and tail" Рина Грант |
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sleep head-to-foot Explanation: Symmetrical dome shape [of the tent] lets you sleep head-to-head or head-to-foot. https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5046-552/Flash-2-Person-Tent Six men were assigned to each tent, and two blankets were given to each man. The usual arrangement for sleeping was head to foot, so that three faced one way and three the other. https://books.google.ca/books?id=KPgXIWGB6kAC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA... The 37.5-square-foot floor is small for its class, so it’s best to sleep head-to-foot for maximum wiggle room https://www.backpacker.com/gear/gear-guide-tents Example sentence(s): |
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sleep top to toe Explanation: Each of the alternatives presented here seems to be correct. Here's another option to consider. Although some dictionaries say that "top-to-tail" for people, and "head-to-tail" for objects (The children sleep top-to-tail in the same bed, or in two beds placed head-to-tail), you can use these expressions interchangeably in both sense with regard to human beings. It's what two people do when they platonically share a bed, like friends, sisters etc. They sleep with their heads at opposite ends of the bed. Here's an extract from Nathan Merritt's remembrances: "Sometimes I'd sleep on their couch but mostly I'd just go top-to-toe with one the cousins. There was Reece, Travis who now plays with Penrith and their older brother too. "I guess that's one of the benefits of having great family ... you can sleep pretty much anywhere." Example sentence(s):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a5474711.shtml https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/mother-of-12-i-was-pregnant-for-nine-years-9743 |
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