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Slumber party on boat? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doss

'slumber' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'party on boat?' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'boat?' becomes 'ss'.
'do'+'ss'='DOSS'

(Other definitions for doss that I've seen before include "Sleep (in cheap lodgings?)" , "Sleep in a makeshift bed" , "go to bed" , "In slang, sleep on sods" , "easily accomplished" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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