LAND OF NOD Definition & Meaning

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land of Nod

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noun

the mythical land of sleep.

land of Nod

noun

Old Testament a region to the east of Eden to which Cain went after he had killed Abel (Genesis 4:14)
an imaginary land of sleep

land of Nod

To “go off to the land of Nod,” or to “nod off,” is to go to sleep: “What a boring speech! Half the listeners are on their way to the land of Nod.”

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Origin of land of Nod¹

First recorded in 1725–35; a pun on Land of Nod (Genesis 4:16); nod

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The meditative sleep stories that transport the listener to far-flung destinations en route to the Land of Nod are accompanied by ambient music and narrated by host Tom Jones, who first began “Get Sleepy” as a local radio show in southern England.

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Her acting career began at the age of three, when she was cast as King of the Land of Nod in a school play.

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Then there’s an unfinished piece he calls “The Land of Nod,” an homage to the men and women who seem to defy gravity as they come down from the effects of opioids.

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The author most recently of “Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod,” Brimhall developed a fascination with Earhart, with whom she shares a birthday, during a visit to Earhart’s childhood home in Atchison, Kan.

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‘He means the Land of Nod,’ Sophie said.

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