- sleeper [Br.] [in railway track]
- svelle {fk}
noun
English-Danish mini dictionary. 2014.
sleeper [Br.] [in railway track]
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sleeper — noun (C) 1 a) a heavy sleeper someone who does not wake easily b) a light sleeper someone who wakes easily 2 someone who is asleep 3 a train with carriages that have beds for passengers to sleep in, or a bed on this kind of train 4 especially BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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