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sleep black

sleep black verb: of a chimney sweep: to sleep unwashed, still in a sooty condition.

Verb

sleep black (third-person singular simple present sleeps black, present participle sleeping black, simple past and past participle slept black)

  1. (historical) Of a chimney sweep: to sleep unwashed, still in a sooty condition.

Forms of sleep black

third-person singular presentsleeps black
present participlesleeping black
past participleslept black
pastslept black

Questions about sleep black

What does sleep black mean?
Sleep black means of a chimney sweep: to sleep unwashed, still in a sooty condition.
What part of speech is sleep black?
Sleep black is a verb.
What is the past tense of sleep black?
The past tense of sleep black is slept black.

Words near sleep black in the dictionary

  1. sleep apnea
  2. sleep apneas
  3. sleep apnoea
  4. sleep apnoeas
  5. sleep around
  6. sleep black
  7. sleep camel
  8. sleep camels
  9. sleep cap
  10. sleep caps
  11. sleep debt

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