lie-in

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A period spent lying in bed for longer than usual after one has woken up

As I didn't have to go to work, I decided to have a lie-in.

a long stay in bed in the morning
If you have a lie-in, you rest by staying in bed later than usual in the morning. I have a lie-in on Sundays. an occasion when you stay in bed longer than usual in the morning
To stay in bed (longer than usual)

I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.

To be brought to bed in childbirth

he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.

lie-in: A prolonged stay in bed in the morning
(verb) (of a pregnant woman) Go to bed to give birth
(verb) Remain in bed later than usual
originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
be in confinement for childbirth
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