stayer
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that stays
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informal
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a persistent or tenacious person
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horse racing a persistent horse
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Example Sentences
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A year ago it was himself and McIlroy who went out in the final group with a four-shot lead, but for all his excellence, Hovland is not known as a stayer in these championships.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023
Favorite and English stayer Deauville Legend was fourth, and Realm of Flowers finished fifth.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2022
“I’m a longtime Trump hotel stayer, way before this transaction.”
From The Verge • Mar. 12, 2019
Nobody seems to be a stayer; companionship and romance are things to be tried, found wanting, and tugged apart.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2015
She was considerate in all things, not wasteful of any thing, a stayer at home, prudent and disposed to seriousness.
From The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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