sleep-out
a person who lives elsewhere than at the place of employment.
an act or instance of sleeping outdoors.
Origin of sleep-out
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How to use sleep-out in a sentence
Many questions are answered, like: What are the objections to having an infant sleep out of doors?
If any of them had to stay over there all night, they would sleep out in the woods rather than go into the house.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithYou see, I didn't know if I was to sleep out of doors or sleep in a barn—surely, I didn't plan that it was a place like this!
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyIt was quite different from the warm jungle where he could sleep out of doors with only his own fur for a bedquilt.
Mappo, the Merry Monkey | Richard BarnumThe hot Rain drenched them, and the tropical Sun steamed them; they had Mud on their clothes, and had to sleep out.
Fables in Slang | George Ade
Billy Junior rubbed his face against his fore leg to get the sleep out of his eyes, so he could see who was there.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for sleep out
(esp of a tramp) to sleep in the open air
to sleep away from the place of work
Australian and NZ an area of a veranda that has been glassed in or partitioned off so that it may be used as a bedroom
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sleep-out
Sleep at home, as opposed to one's place of employment, as in We have a full-time nurse for her, but she sleeps out. [Mid-1800s]
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