sleeper

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
• a rester who is sleeping
• a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
• an unexpected achiever of success
• a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
• pajamas with feet
• a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
• tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
• an unexpected hit
• One who sleeps
• That which lies dormant, as a law
• A sleeping car
• An animal that hibernates, as the bear
• A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix)
• A nurse shark
• Something lying in a reclining posture or position
• 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
• One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story
• One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship´s quarter
• The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Missouri

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