SLEEPER

Scrabble

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Definition

noun

Someone who sleeps.
“I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.”
That which lies dormant, as a law.
A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
A railway sleeping car.
“We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.”