beddy-bye

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A baby-talk expression for going to sleep, or that it is time to go to sleep; bedtime. Aw, you're so sleepy, let's go beddy-bye!

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Give the press a "best-ever" grade, and it could fall back into its Reagan-era beddy-bye mode or go neurotically negative in the other direction.

Unfortunately, when it's beddy-bye time, the last thing he wants is to be on his own.

Always sticking to you, like a grubby lump of chewing gum, or a clingy toddler, when it's time for beddy-byes.

Then it's off to beddy-byes , snuggling up with Gaynor

We watch the telly for an hour or so,and then it's beddy-byes to be ready for an early start.

30pm) THE whole raison d'etre for this series comes from the notion that beddy-byes signals the most dangerous and explosive part of the day.

Permanently stuck to you, like a grubby lump of chewing gum, or a clingy toddler when it's time for beddy-byes.

So don't expect to be able to relax with a nice cup of cocoa when it's time for beddy-byes.