subs. phr. (common).—Sleep. TO GO TO THE LAND OF NOD = to go to bed; to fall asleep. For synonyms, see BALMY.

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  1818.  SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, xxi. There’s queer things chanced since ye hae been in the LAND OF NOD.

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  1836.  HOOD, Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg [Works (1846), i. 205].

        To the happy [bed is] a first class carriage of ease,
To the LAND OF NOD, or where you please.

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  1892.  HUME NISBET, The Bushranger’s Sweetheart, p. 275. Saying which he led the way back to our hut, where we flung ourselves down on our blankets, and were soon in the LAND OF NOD.

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