sleep-outn.adj.
A. n.
A veranda, porch, or outbuilding providing sleeping accommodation; a sleeping area not in the main building. Australian and New Zealand.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > verandah
veranda1711
piazza1724
stoop1755
stoep1797
porch1819
lanai1823
pial1869
screen porch1889
pendopo1927
sleep-out1941
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom > outside main house
sleeping-porch1915
sleep-out1941
1941 Coast to Coast 84 ‘A nice scone and a nice cup of tea and a lay-down in the sleep-out,’ Mrs Smith was saying in her warm, motherly voice. ‘You'll be fine then.’
1962 A. Seymour One Day of Year 7 A multiple set, main areas being the kitchen; the ‘lounge’; and Hughie's study, which is a glassed-in sleepout at the side of the house.
1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. ii. 15/8 (advt.) Well-established country tearooms with 3-brm attached acom... There is almost an acre of grounds plus a sleepout to go with this bargain.
1979 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Apr. 26/3 The sleep-out..is now back to veranda play space.
B. adj.
Of a person: that sleeps away from the premises, non-resident.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > specific
sleep-out1958
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment > non-resident
sleep-out1958
1958 V. P. Johns Servant's Probl. i. 11 It concerned the household in which she was the sleep-out, full-time maid.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The sleep-out cooks and maids were coming to work. New Yorker.
Draft additions 1993
The act or instance of sleeping out of doors, esp. as a form of collective protest on behalf of the homeless. Cf. sleep-in n. 1.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest
counterprotest1595
student demonstration1856
lie-in1867
rent strike1881
hunger strike1889
march1908
protest march1914
occupation1920
lie-down1936
sit-down1936
sit-in1936
freedom march1947
vigil1956
freedom walk1957
swim-in1960
freedom ride1961
sitting in1961
sleep-out1961
fish-in1964
live-in1964
stall-in1964
sleep-in1965
Long March1967
love-in1967
talk-in1967
write-in1967
die-in1970
dirty protest1979
blanket protest1982
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 2140/3 Sleep-out,..an outing on which the participants sleep outdoors.
1967 V. W. Musselman Making Children's Parties Click x. 126 The sleep-out and the slumber party can be planned for either boys or girls.
1984 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. b7/5 To those who occasionally accompanied the officials on such hamlet sleepouts, the experience could be mentally and physically harrowing.
1987 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 8/8 The streets of Washington were littered with celebrities last night as actor Martin Sheen led a ‘sleep-out’ to spotlight the plight of the homeless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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