Citations:sleepy dust

Noun: "(informal) rheum crusted around the eyes from sleep"

 * 2004 — Bill Hawkins, Sky-Blue Sailor, Trafford Publishing (2004), ISBN 1412023920, page 4:
 * 'What's that?' yawned Laura, emerging from under the bed clothes, rubbing the sleepy dust from her eyes
 * 2006 — Michael Sutton, No Mind Any Man, Vanguard Press (2006), ISBN 9781843862550, page 72:
 * "Don't worry about me. I'll sleep by myself in the cave," sulks Flow, coming towards Jughen, rubbing sleepy dust out of her eyes.
 * 2008 — Darby Checketts, Who Owns The World?: The Parable of Tehya, iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9780595528042, page 3:
 * She wiped the sleepy dust from the corner of each eye as she sat up.
 * 2008 — Kathleen McCleary, House and Home, Hyperion Books (2008), ISBN 9781401395445, unnumbered page:
 * Ellen looked at her, at her face, now serious, with traces of sleepy dust still in the corners of her eyes.
 * 2011 — Gary Soto, When Dad Came Back, University Press of New England (2011), ISBN 9781611682113, unnumbered page:
 * The pup's eyes were closed, and sleepy dust clogged the corners of his eyes.