Meaning of fat sleeper | Babel Free
Definitions
- The fish Dormitator maculatus.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fat, sleeper.
Examples
“He purred sonorously—like⟳ the snore of a fat sleeper or the roar of a distant railway train⟳.”
“Scarcely two feet above me lay⟳ a burly, rotund traveller, of over two hundred pounds; […] The cord on which the fat sleeper's bed hung broke, and the wooden edge of the berth frame saw⟳ fit to fall⟳ on my face⟳, with all his weight on top.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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