English Explanatory Dictionary

sleep camel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.

Pronunciation

En-au-sleep camel.ogg

Word forms

sleep camel sleep camels

Etymology

Perhaps an analogy of a person's storing sleep to a camel's storing water.

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