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With frequency an old don drifts into sleep
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land of nod
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Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. ...
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The Land of Nod (, ארץ נוד) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible , located "on the east of Eden " ( qidmat-‘Eden ), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel . According to Genesis 4:16: "Nod" (נוד) ...
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n. sleep
Usage examples of land of nod.
Lennox's snores took on the breathy, whistling tone of a man well away in the land of Nod.
Barlow had set his mark on me as surely as God set his mark on Cain before sending him off to dwell in the land of Nod.
The Land of Nod's borders remained closed, due to breaking off diplomatic relations with the neighbouring republic of La-la Land.
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Tuvok stepped over the guard on the ground, who still struggled to get up, and pinched Jane way's assailant into the Land of Nod.
Rex and Harpo,'Chico were all nuzzled up in the land of nod, so I took myself over to the window to watch the sun rise over Presley City.
He was in the land of Nod searching for Cain and Abel but encountering no living soul, no word, no sign.