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sleeper

1. a railway sleeping car or compartment
2. Brit one of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway track
3. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler presses the sides of his opponent's neck, causing him to pass out
4. any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
5. a spy planted in advance for future use, but not currently active

Sleeper

A horizontal timber laid on a slab or on the ground and to which the subflooring is nailed; any long horizontal beam, at or near the ground, which distributes the load from the posts to the foundation.

sleeper

[′slēp·ər]
(civil engineering)
A timber, steel, or precast concrete beam placed under rails to hold them at the correct gage.

sleeper

1. One of a number of horizontal timbers that are laid on a concrete slab (or on the ground) and to which the flooring is nailed.
2. Any long horizontal beam, at or near the ground, which distributes the load from posts or framing.
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Alternatively you can book via Scot Rail Telesales, using most debit/credit cards, on 08457 55 00 33 quoting Daily Record Sleeper Flat Fare Offer.
pounds 49 TO LONDON RETURN
Or you can book via Scot Rail Telesales, using most debit/credit cards, on 08457 550033 quoting ``Sunday Mail Sleeper Flat Fare Offer''.
Cheaper sleepers; l Aberdeen to London save pounds 50 l Glasgow to London save pounds 40 l Edinburgh to London save pounds 40 l Inverness to London save pounds 50
Although this may come as a relief to people who have suffered minor skin burns or stinging eyes after creosoting a garden fence, the loss of the railway sleeper will hit many gardeners in the pocket.
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The rough sleepers brought in from cold; Homeless people in Birmingham are being brought in from the cold by a pioneering initiative which has earned national recognition, writes NEIL CONNOR

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