2. Noun. 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. ¹
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Definition of Sleepout
1. part of a veranda partitioned off for sleeping [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleepout
Literary usage of Sleepout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Life of Books: The Story of D.W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd., 1921-1987 by Joyce Nicholson, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe (2000)
"Our house there was a wandering old single-storeyed house, set on a cliff,
overlooking the sea, and we were able to set aside a sleepout on one side for him ..."
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