sleep out1
Sleep outdoors: they slept out all night by the river...
- Far too many people, especially young people, are sleeping out on the streets every night, and many are aged 13 to 16.
- This will be the first time for many of the Beavers to sleep out and we hope they have a great night.
- Cornell was a collegiate hockey powerhouse, and I was a season ticket holder each of my four years there, which necessitated sleeping out a couple of nights just to get tickets.
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sleep-out2
/ˈsliːpaʊt
/noun
1An occasion of sleeping outdoors: the annual children’s bonfire and sleep-out...
- The hostel and resources manager said: ‘The sleepout is not just about one night.’
- The day after the sleepout, November 15th, according to Lewis, the city offered the solid waste workers a hazardous duty retirement option.
- William led the sleepout outside Leinster House in Dublin.
1.1Australian /NZ A veranda, porch, or outbuilding providing sleeping accommodation.Senior Sergeant Dennis Murphy said the officers burst through the doors of a sleepout at the rear of the property to find the suspected lab....
- To find that I have three painters camped in my sleepout and on my verandah.
- She had to cook for the family and the hired farm worker who lived in the sleepout but had all his meals provided.