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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