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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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
The Mike Moroney-trained stayer, who had finished seventh, was spooked on his way back to the mounting yard when a spectator waved a flag at him, kicking out at a fence and injuring the limb.
From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2014
"The bear has the reputation of being a stayer," replied the other.
From Boy Scouts on the Great Divide or, The Ending of the Trail by Fletcher, Archibald Lee
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