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late bloomer

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a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.

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RELATED WORDS

slowpoke, up-and-comer, sleeper

Nearby words

  1. latchkey,
  2. latchkey child,
  3. latchstring,
  4. late,
  5. late blight,
  6. late charge,
  7. late greek,
  8. late hebrew,
  9. late in life,
  10. late in the day
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