"sleep black" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sleeps black [present, singular, third-person], sleeping black [participle, present], slept black [participle, past], slept black [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sleep<,,slept> black}} sleep black (third-person singular simple present sleeps black, present participle sleeping black, simple past and past participle slept black)
  1. (historical) Of a chimney sweep: to sleep unwashed, still in a sooty condition. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Sleep

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