What is the origin of 'sleep tight'?
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A person who is busy or concerned with many affairs; (formerly) specifically a busybody.
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Heywood (c1573–1641), playwright and poet. From Hellenistic Greek πολυπράγματος busy about many things, meddlesome, officious + -ist.