单词 | long-termer |
释义 | long-termern. 1. colloquial. A person serving a long prison sentence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > long-timer long-timer1844 long-termer1870 1870 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Oct. 678/1 The ‘lifer’ or the long-termer, thinks of nothing but an escape—and (sometimes) vengeance. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xviii. 161 Quite a few girls, especially long-termers in the joint, were lovers. 1970 New Society 31 Dec. 1157/1 The long-termers only occasionally fantasy or talk with each other about various styles of ‘making-out’ on release. 2004 J. Trigell Boy A 132 Long-termers, like himself, were allowed to have two pictures a year taken by the screws, to send to friends or relatives. 2. A long-serving official, employee, etc. Cf. long-timer n. (c) at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a. ΚΠ 1880 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 17 Nov. Senators from [fifteen of the] Districts were long-termers, holding over from last session. 1923 Glovers Rev. Feb. 23/1 In appreciation of the loyalty and service of the ‘long-termers’, they were presented..appropriate buttons..indicating the number of years they had been continuously on the payroll of the company. 1988 R. Angell Season Ticket (1989) iii. 75 Most of the Orioles regulars are long-termers with the club. 2013 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 15 June (Features section) 15 The redundancy provisions were generous—long-termers could get two years' salary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870 |
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