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Word entry · 7 letters

sleeper

Best crossword clue

"Unexpected success"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted eeelprsStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Person or thing that sleeps, or an unexpected success.

Word origin

From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.
  • She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up.
  • Therefore let penal laws, if they have been sleepers of long, or if they be grown unfit for the present time, be by wise judged confined in the execution […]

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