"dreamy Daniel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dreamy Daniels [plural]
Etymology: Possibly an allusion to the biblical Daniel, who interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dreamy Daniel (plural dreamy Daniels)
  1. (informal) A person who is inclined to daydream. Wikipedia link: Daniel (biblical figure), Nebuchadnezzar II Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-dreamy_Daniel-en-noun-exSQVoI1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1940, Jack Hilton, English Ways: A Walk from the Pennines to Epsom Downs in 1939, page 177",
          "text": "They cannot be dreamy Daniels, they cannot be spasmodic — gallop one half-hour, and slacken the next.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2019, Ian Higgins, Bipolar: Living With It: Manic Depressive Memoirs",
          "text": "Mum sometimes accused me of being a “dreamy Daniel”, which I was.",
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        "(informal) A person who is inclined to daydream."
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