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sleep-in
[sleep-in]
noun
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
sleep in
verb
to sleep longer than usual
to sleep at the place of one's employment
Word History and Origins
Origin of sleep-in1
Idioms and Phrases
Sleep at one's place of employment, as in They have a butler and maid who both sleep in . [First half of 1800s]
Sleep late, either accidentally or deliberately. For example, I slept in and missed my usual train , or On weekends we like to sleep in . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
Perhaps my shoulder muscles were exhausted, but my entire auditory processing system was reveling in the equivalent of a luxurious Sunday morning sleep-in.
UC Berkeley students last year protested plans to close the anthropology library by camping there for nearly three months before ending the sleep-in due to a campus compromise to keep it open as a reading room.
Saturday in Washington, D.C. — almost sleep-in territory.
“There will be a sleep-in taking place in the training rooms tonight with the goal of fostering camaraderie in the midst of competition. Further details to be provided. Now that that’s out of the way, who knows what today’s class is about?”
“I’m staging another sit-in. A sleep-in.”
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