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sleep-away

or sleep·a·way

[ sleep-uh-wey ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home:

    sleep-away camp.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of sleep-away1

First recorded in 1975–80

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Example Sentences

He made sure not to sleep away his days, a habit that he thought would make him depressed.

He had not learned to sleep away the time of storm and famine.

A Scotch laborer does not lightly confess to feeling "fair silly," nor sleep away the busy hours of daylight.

Ventura had made him promise he would never again sleep away from home, and to this he agreed.

At night the stillness was absolute, but the strangeness of the day kept sleep away.

Full as a badger and tired as a dog I lie down and sleep away the time, sleep so soundly that not a thing enters my mind.

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