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 thinking is that if the horse is a stayer, it will run the distance well, as long as it is fit.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2014
Mr. Oliver was, as his son and Jake sometimes said, a stayer, one who invariably put through what he took in hand.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
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