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- noun Plural form of
catnap . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
catnap .
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Examples
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I suppose I did sleep, in catnaps, but I swear I heard every bell struck until three-thirty.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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I suppose I did sleep, in catnaps, but I swear I heard every bell struck until three - thirty.
Chapter 30 1914
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As the sky started to lighten in the east, the wind eased right off, so I managed to catch just enough sleep in short catnaps to keep me going.
True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010
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She slept one night in three, when Katie and her mother kept the watching, and at other times she took "catnaps" in the rocking-chair, or on Mrs Fleming's bed, when grannie was at her brightest and could care for Davie in the early part of the day.
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Even my catnaps don't get to the underlying issue.
Tom Matlack: Stillness Tom Matlack 2011
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We did our own makeup and grabbed catnaps on green-room sofas, studio floors, or the tour bus.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The FAA, for instance, continues to strongly oppose the idea of allowing brief catnaps by one of the two pilots at the controls of airliners.
Controller Fatigue Divides Agencies, Union Andy Pasztor 2011
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We did our own makeup and grabbed catnaps on green-room sofas, studio floors, or the tour bus.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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We did our own makeup and grabbed catnaps on green-room sofas, studio floors, or the tour bus.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Even my catnaps don't get to the underlying issue.
Tom Matlack: Stillness Tom Matlack 2011
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