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sleeper
noun- a barbiturate capsule; a sleeping tablet US
- — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xvii, 1961
- — Current Slang, p. 43, Fall 1968
- — Carl D. Chambers and Richard D. Heckman, Employee Drug Abuse, p. 210, 1972
- — American Speech, p. 208, Fall-winter 1973: “The Language of Nursing”
- Even though the sleeper had only done half its job, Leo was still groggy. — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 10, 1976
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 106, 1996
- heroin UK, 1998
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 207, 2002
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 284, 2003
- a book, film, song, etc., that, having failed to sell successfully on its initial release, eventually becomes a “hit” UK, 1984
- Kevin Smith, the brilliant young filmmaker responsible for 1997’s underground sleeper hit Chasing Amy, was signed to write a first draft. — Peter Bart, The Gross, p. 46, 2000
- in sports, a player who performs exceptionally well in spite of very low initial expectations US, 1878
- — Bill Shefski, Running Press Glossary of Football Language, p. 99, 1978
- in betting, uncollected winnings; a stake that is illegally retained by the bookmaker when a bet is won UK
- Wally (motto: Wally pays with a smile), had just tried to keep a sleeper for the book, i.e. had omitted to return winning clients their stake-money. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 70, 1956
- — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 61, 1991
- in circus and carnival usage, money that a customer overlooks US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 245, 1981
- in craps, a bet on the table that a gambler has forgotten is his US
- — N.B. Winkless, The Gambling Times Guide to Craps, p. 97, 1981
- in dominoes, an unused piece that rests numbers-down US, 1997
- in hot rodding, a conventional-looking, deceptively high-performing car US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 94, 1965
- a train with sleeping carriages US
- [H]e would pay off the saxes, slip an extra twenty to the trombone (with a habit and two ulcers to support), pack his elegant suits and gaudy neckwear, and catch a sleeper back to New York[.] — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 131, 1958
- a rock just below the land surface CANADA
- A sleeper is out of sight until struck and turned up by the plough. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 140, 1987
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