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Meanings of sleeper in English

Portuguese
dormente
Wikidata

One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.

dormente
Catalan
vagó-llit
Wikidata

A railroad passenger car that has beds where passengers can sleep.

vagó-llit
Portuguese
dorminhoca
Catalan
dorment

A rester who is sleeping.

dorminhoca
Spanish
coche sleeper

Car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior.

coche sleeper
Usage of sleeper in English
1
Pockets of resistance remained in west Mosul, including sleeper cells, Mattis said.
Reuters
2
The pose of the Indian was the natural one of a sleeper.
The Phantom of the River
3
Catherine lost her super-sleeper status after complex shoulder surgery two years ago.
Joy bauer's food cures
4
The pillows were arranged-thedraught given; but the sleeper never awoke again.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
5
The regular breathing of the sleeper proclaimed the soundness of his slumber.
The Mad King
6
They'll build and use ships that are part multigenerational and part sleeper.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
7
The eagle sits ready to bear aloft the spirit of the sleeper.
The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — ...
8
The sounding thumps of his hoofs on the ground awoke the sleeper.
Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
9
An hour before daylight the sleeper turned in his bed and groaned.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
10
But Ernest proved as sound a sleeper as Jane in the morning.
Chicken Little Jane
11
There was no middle ground, either for the technology or the sleeper.
Alien: Covenant
12
And rage boiled up in him against this heedless and happy sleeper.
Pierre and Jean
13
Two females of the lower rank cast their eyes on the sleeper.
Waverley Novels — Volume 12
14
The sleeper started up; but, instead of Mahomet, Ali stood before them.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
15
To Dylan, for being a great sleeper and a great guy all-around.
How to live safely in a science fictional universe
16
First they planted a network of sleeper agents in the United States.
Wired
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