Sleeper

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1. Noun

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

2. Noun

That which lies dormant, as a law.

3. Noun

A sleeping car.

4. Noun

An animal that hibernates, as the bear.

5. Noun

A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).

6. Noun

A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

7. Noun

Something lying in a reclining posture or position.

8. Noun

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.

9. Noun

One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.

10. Noun

One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

11. Noun

The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

12. Noun

tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
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