sleepover
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sleepover (plural sleepovers)
- The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
- Hyponyms: pyjama party, slumber party
- 1979 August 18, Ilana Weinstock, “Holy Land”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 10:
- Since it would be too late to notify the many people whom we hope are coming, we are really working hard to find other facilities — probably to rent a hall for the meetings; perhaps arrange sleep-overs at Israeli members' homes.
- An overnight guest.
Translations
the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
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an overnight guest
