sitting tenant
Britishnoun
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Ironically the Kensal Rise deal later collapsed, despite the removal of the sitting tenant "problem", and after his company folded, Papalexis moved to Florida.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2010
It was the old, thoughtful, sinister-looking owl, a sitting tenant for some twenty years.
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
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