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Compound of slaap + zand.
- IPA(key): /ˈslaːp.zɑnt/
- Hyphenation: slaap‧zand
slaapzand n (uncountable)
- rheum crusts around the eyes, sleepy sand
- Synonym: slaapje
- (fiction) the sleepy sand thrown in people's eyes by the Sandman