You let me oversleep like this again," he added, addressing the muchacho, "and I'll beat you with a dog whip."
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
His head was heavy, and he would have thrown himself on the bed had he not feared to oversleep the hour fixed for his departure.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
He usually slept too much, and was in the habit of unscrewing the top of his foot-warmer and pouring therefrom the hot coffee which he imbibed at intervals in order not to oversleep himself in the morning and thus set a bad example in the land.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
