Sleepy Hollow, noun phrase
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- EnglishShow more Special sense of general English Sleepy Hollow any place with a soporific atmosphere, or characterized by torpidity.
colloquial
A nickname given to the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal. Also attributive. See also Maritzburg.
1949 O. Walker Proud Zulu (1951) 139Never had such an array of V.C.’s, C.B.’s, and titles descended in scarlet and gold upon ‘Sleepy Hollow’ as the little rustic, Dutch-gabled capital of Maritzburg was known.
1994 E. Naidu in Natal on Sat. 8 Jan. 11Party-time in the Sleepy Hollow. It’s party time in Pietermaritzburg, and the Natal capital seems hell-bent on shrugging off its ‘Sleepy Hollow’ tag...Cynics had better note — ‘Sleepy Hollow’ is wide awake.
A nickname given to the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal. Also attributive.
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