[ˈsliːpə], (Noun)

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- a person or animal who is asleep or who sleeps in a specified way
(e.g: he was a light sleeper, for long periods an insomniac)

- a train carrying sleeping cars
(e.g: we were waiting for the Inverness–London sleeper)

- a film, book, play, etc. that eventually achieves unexpected success after initially attracting very little attention
(e.g: this low-budget, black-and-white American sleeper concerns two brothers)

- a ring or post worn in a pierced ear to keep the hole from closing

- a wooden or concrete beam laid transversely under railway track to support it

- a stocky fish with mottled coloration which occurs widely in warm seas and fresh water


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