"sleep camel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-sleep camel.ogg [Australia] Forms: sleep camels [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps an analogy of a person's storing sleep to a camel's storing water. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleep camel (plural sleep camels)
  1. (slang, idiomatic) A person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend. Tags: idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): People, Sleep

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