Sleeper Synonyms & Definitions

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• SleeperDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
2. (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
3. (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
4. (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
5. (n.) A sleeping car.
6. (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
7. (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
8. (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
9. (n.) 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.
10. (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ships quarter.
11. (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.