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slept-in

slept-in adjective: of bedding or clothing, looking untidy and wrinkled from having been slept in recently.

Adjective

slept-in (not comparable)

  1. Of bedding or clothing, looking untidy and wrinkled from having been slept in recently.
    • He was wearing a stained white singlet that revealed tufts of black hair under his arms, and slept-in white canvas trousers and rubber-soled sneakers.1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 138

Questions about slept-in

What does slept-in mean?
Slept-in means of bedding or clothing, looking untidy and wrinkled from having been slept in recently.
What part of speech is slept-in?
Slept-in is an adjective.

Words near slept-in in the dictionary

  1. slept together
  2. slept with
  3. slept with one eye open
  4. slept with one's fathers
  5. slept with the fishes
  6. slept-in
  7. sleptest
  8. slepton
  9. sleptonic
  10. sleptons
  11. sleptst

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