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    A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or afterdinner; a midday nap.

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      A small sleep, a nap

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        compulsory time for sleeping between 15:00-17:30 (after lunch)on a couch not in the bed. In Spain, and especially Southern Spain, siestas can be endeless sometimes.
        Shops close and the world stops during these hours, everyone is having la siesta.
        In the Roman Empire, people also had siesta, slept for a couple of hours to go on idling more energically the rest of the day. The word siesta comes from the Latin word sexta (Spanish sexta) which means the

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          A party in a bed, with your eyes shut. A sleepy fiesta.

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            the rest taken after after a full day of heavy drinking

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              Consensual sex with a sleeping person.

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                Period of downtime occuring after [John Thomas] expels his [gentleman's relish].

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                  a rest or sleep taken after lunch , especially in hot countries

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                    An afternoon rest or nap, especially one taken during the hottest hours of the day in a hot climate.

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