holdover
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1 holdover
An official who remains in office after his term.
synoniem: hangover.
Roget 133: lateness etc. adj.; tardiness etc. (slowness) 275. delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral etc. ... meer laten zien
2 holdover
Something that has survived from the past:
— A holdover from the sixties.
synoniem: hangover.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: afterglow, afterimage, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, fag end, filings, fossil, husks, incumbent, ins, jack-in-office, lame duck, leavings, leftovers ... meer laten zien.
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