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sleeperette

sleeperette noun: a seat in a train compartment that converts into a simple bed.

Noun

sleeperette (plural sleeperettes)

  1. A seat in a train compartment that converts into a simple bed.
    • There is nothing on British Railways quite like the sleeperette accommodation. The bed itself pulls from the wall, and when this is not in use, the reverse side forms the back of a comfortable seat.1952 April, H. W. Winham, “By "California Zephyr"”, in Railway Magazine, page 269

Forms of sleeperette

pluralsleeperettes

Origin of sleeperette

From sleeper + -ette.

Questions about sleeperette

What does sleeperette mean?
Sleeperette means a seat in a train compartment that converts into a simple bed.
What part of speech is sleeperette?
Sleeperette is a noun.
What is the plural of sleeperette?
The plural of sleeperette is sleeperettes.

Words near sleeperette in the dictionary

  1. sleeper shark
  2. sleeper sharks
  3. sleeper ship
  4. sleeper ships
  5. sleepered
  6. sleeperette
  7. sleeperettes
  8. sleepering
  9. sleeperless
  10. sleepers
  11. sleepershark

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