Meaning

1 senses

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic)A homeless person who sleeps outdoors.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I saw a rough sleeper at the railway station.

    deIch habe auf dem Bahnhof einen Penner gesehen.

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  2. I saw a rough sleeper at the train station.

    deIch habe auf dem Bahnhof einen Penner gesehen.

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  3. Tom is a rough sleeper.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: rough sleepers
Singularrough sleeper
Pluralrough sleepers

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrough sleepingsleep rough

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roughB1roughlyA2roughshodroulette
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