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sleeping black

sleeping black is the present participle and gerund of sleep black.

Meaning of sleep black

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.

Questions about sleeping black

What is sleeping black the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeping black is the present participle and gerund of sleep black.

Words near sleeping black in the dictionary

  1. sleeping beauties
  2. sleeping beauty
  3. Sleeping Beauty problem
  4. Sleeping Beauty problems
  5. Sleeping Beauty syndrome
  6. sleeping black
  7. sleeping car
  8. sleeping cars
  9. sleeping dictionaries
  10. sleeping dictionary
  11. sleeping draft

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