as in slumberer
one who sleeps she's a light sleeper and usually wakes up when I get in late

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Recent Examples of sleeper Consider the sinuous lines of Restoration Hardware’s popular Sylvain sofa—which for the hotel was reimagined as a sleeper with plush pull-out beds. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Gunther was able to take over from there and put Goldberg into a sleeper hold. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025 Bear This mattress is crazy firm, even our achey side sleeper loved sleeping on it. Julia Forbes, Wired News, 11 July 2025 One of the most popular sessions was Fifty Shades star Johnson’s, who had two films at the fest, Celine Song’s sleeper Materialists and Michael Angelo Corvino’s Cannes hit Splitsville. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleeper

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“Sleeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeper. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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