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Dictionary definition: sleeper
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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sleep·er
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ˈslēpər
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n.
1.
a person or animal who is asleep.
∎
a person with a specified sleep pattern:
he was a light sleeper.
2.
a thing used for or connected with sleeping, in particular:
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a train carrying sleeping cars.
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a sleeping car.
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a berth in a sleeping car.
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