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Someone who sleeps.
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I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.
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That which lies dormant, as a law.
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A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
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A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
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A railway sleeping car.
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We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.
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A sleeper hold.
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Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
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A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released.
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A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
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A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
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A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
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Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
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An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
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A sedative.