Sleeper
One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
That which lies dormant, as a law.
A sleeping car.
An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
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Sleeper Quotations
I slide my arm from under the sleeper's head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
Wislawa Szymborska
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
Frank Herbert
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.
Jessamyn West
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Sleeper Translations
sleeper in French is wagon lit, dormant
sleeper in Italian is vagone letto
sleeper in Spanish is cochecama
sleeper in Swedish is sovvagn
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