Definitions for sleepers
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1. Sleepers

   Sleepers is a 1996 American legal drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sleepers

   Timbers lying fore and aft in the bottom of the ship, now generally applied to the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. They are particularly used in Greenland ships, to strengthen the bows and stern-frame, to enable them to resist the shocks of the ice. Also, any wooden beams used as supports. Also, ground tier casks.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sleepers

   Small joists of timber, which form the foundation for the platform of a battery, and upon which the boards for the flooring are laid. Also, the undermost timbers of a gun or mortar.

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1. peerless

How to pronounce sleepers?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleepers in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleepers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sleepers in a Sentence

1. The Donald:

   No, no, no sleepers. Everyone's capable, everyone's competent and you do what you need to do. You know I've been doing this for a long time and I want to make America great again I know how to do it.

2. Michael Weiss:

   That's not to sat it's coming out of ISIS HQ in Raqqa, one of the things to keep in mind is the that the Caliphate has expanded in a way that many have not foreseen. It's not necessarily taking up more terrain in Syria and Iraq, but it is getting these affiliates -- getting these sleepers -- essentially to declare allegiance and to conduct their own operations.

3. Heraclitus:

   Even sleepers are workers and collaborators on what goes on in the universe.

4. Ann Marie Buerkle:

   I urge consumers to report any incidents with inclined sleepers or other nursery products to CPSC at saferproducts.gov, as a mother and grandmother there's nothing more important to me than the safety of our children.

5. Peter Earnest:

   They were meant to be sleepers, typically an illegal sent to another country is a sleeper. He or she is available to handle a very sensitive asset, or in the case of wartime, or some sort of confrontation, be available.

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sleepers
2. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=sleepers
3. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html