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/slˈipɪŋ pˈɑrtnər/ Listen

noun

Sleeping n. A. & n. from Sleep.

Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping.

Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant.

Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

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Etymology of 'Sleeping partner'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sleeping partner" Quotes from Famous Books

... delighted to find after two notable failures that genius could still be presentable, and the author was rather more than that. He was rich, he had that air of the distinguished army officer which falls so easily to those who occupy the pleasant position of sleeping partner in the City, and he had just the right shade of amused modesty with which to meet inquiries as to his literary intentions. In a word, he was an author of whom any country—even France, that prolific parent of presentable authors—would ...

— The Ghost Ship • Richard Middleton