sleepaway
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- noun
- /ˈsliːpəˌweɪ/
- Informal
:
campamento de verano
- I was 10 years old at sleepaway camp.
- sleepaway camp
- sleepaway camp every summer
- go to sleepaway
Examples
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We met at sleepaway camp and discovered we had an ancient psychic connection.
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She is at sleepaway camp right now and I just got in a little note saying that one of the activities she chose was a rifle, so I'm feeling pretty good about it.
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Back at our old sleepaway camp.
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You ever go to sleepaway camp?
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And all those memories that had felt so real washed away with the rain back at our old sleepaway camp.
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The setting is a sleepaway camp nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont.
Fiction book (2002) -
The informality of the setting was exactly what Hutton had envisioned when she began dreaming of a sleepaway writing camp.
Blog text (27) -
Many children make lifelong friends when they attend sleepaway camp during the summer.
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He learned how to canoe and hike while at sleepaway camp last year.
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At sleepaway camp, kids enjoy various activities such as swimming and campfire storytelling.
Synonyms
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1.3
A place where children stay away from home in summer to join activities
How Structured
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Morphology
Etymology
The word sleepaway is made by joining sleep and away, giving the clear image 'sleep away' from home. That's why a sleepaway as a noun means a residential camp where children stay overnight for several days or weeks.