sleep rough



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sleep rough

To sleep outside at night, usually because one has no home or shelter. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The government's aim is to have the number of people sleeping rough halved in five years' time. I slept rough for a couple of years after my house was repossessed. It's not something I would wish on anyone.
See also: rough, sleep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Persis-Biblical, Biblical Greek
MilanMEE-lahn (Czech)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Dutch
Beti-Macedonian
Malini-Indian, Hindi
ŠImona-Czech
EdwinED-win (English), ED-win (Dutch), ED-vin (Dutch)English, Dutch