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leaver

  • a word derived from leave.
    leave
    verb (used with object)
    to go out of or away from, as a place.

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"One of the things that young people say to us is, nobody should become a care leaver, care shouldn't leave you," Clare adds.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

So... a month after being laid off, Meta sends me a box labeled "leaver" containing "sad" & "wow" emoji Christmas tree ornaments.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

There was no note explaining this; just a random box for "leaver."

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

Most students left Leicester and went back home at the start of the first lockdown, but as a care leaver, Diana Omokore had no home to go to.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2021

The Baldinsville Bugle of Liberty noospaper offiss was also illumernated, & the follerin mottoes stuck out—"The Press is the Arkermejian leaver which moves the world."

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Artemus Ward