sleeper (
http://definr.com/sleeper)
n 1: a rester who is sleeping [syn:
slumberer]
2: a spy planted in advance for future use but not presently
active
3: an unexpected achiever of success
4: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie,
railroad tie,
crosstie]
5: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping [syn: {sleeping
car},
wagon-lit]
6: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the
bottom in shallow water [syn:
sleeper goby]