sleeper
noun
[ ˈsliːpə ]
• a person or animal who is asleep or who sleeps in a specified way.
• "he was a light sleeper, for long periods an insomniac"
• a train carrying sleeping cars.
• "we were waiting for the Inverness–London sleeper"
• a film, book, play, etc. that eventually achieves unexpected success after initially attracting very little attention.
• "this low-budget, black-and-white American sleeper concerns two brothers"
• a ring or post worn in a pierced ear to keep the hole from closing.
• a wooden or concrete beam laid transversely under railway track to support it.
• a stocky fish with mottled coloration which occurs widely in warm seas and fresh water.
