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lame duck

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An elected official still in office but not slated to continue.

Roget 808: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.    insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency etc. 640; run upon a bank; ... meer laten zien


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: adventurer, also-ran, aspirant, baby kisser, bankrupt, big operator, candidate, dark horse, defeated candidate, dud, failure, favorite son, gunslinger, holdover, hopeful, incumbent, ins, insolvent, insolvent debtor, jack-in-office ... meer laten zien.

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