comeback kid
informal (originally US )
noun
(Frequently with the) a person who ultimately succeeds after initial difficulties or failure; a person renowned for making unlikely comebacks.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Ogden (Utah) Standard.
- same-sex marriage
- same-store sales
- samey
- sameyness
- samfi
- samfie
- whisky jack
- whisky mac
- whisky sour
- whisper
- whisperer
- whispering campaign
- whispering gallery
- whispery
- whist
- whistle
- whistle-blower
- whistle-blowing
- whistle Dixie
- whistle in the dark
- whistle in the wind
- whistler
- Whistler, James McNeill
- whistle something down the wind
- whistle-stop