Meaning of sleepout | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
   Australia, New-Zealand
2. an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
3. a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.

Examples

“She could see the dark bulk of the sleepout: no lights there either.”

“As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.”

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