sleep-out

[ sleep-out ]

/ ˈslipˌaʊt /

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adjective

live-out.

noun

a person who lives elsewhere than at the place of employment.

an act or instance of sleeping outdoors.

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Origin of sleep-out

First recorded in1910–15; adj., noun use of verb phrase sleep out

Words nearby sleep-out

sleepless, sleep like a log, sleep movement, sleep off, sleep on something, sleep-out, sleepover, sleep shade, sleepshirt, sleep sofa, sleep-terror disorder

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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?
A Few Good Books for Dads|John Elder Robison|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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 Smith
You 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. Harney
It 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 Barnum

The 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

sleep out

verb (intr, adverb)

(esp of a tramp) to sleep in the open air

to sleep away from the place of work

noun sleep-out

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 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]

Sleep away from one's own home, as in She's not here; she's sleeping out.