holdover

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Deverbal from hold over.

He had secured his appointment from a reform administration and he had been retained as a holdover by Peckham, the new district attorney, by reason of the fact that his uncle by marriage was a Wall Street banker who contributed liberally without prejudice to both political parties. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train
A moment later the heavy black door of the bathhouse was opened, and the bath attendant stepped out on the threshold, looking out into the rain; a dark-haired, heavily built man, with coarse features, a tight, cruel mouth; if he had not been dressed in rough, modern working clothes, he might well have been a holdover from the days of the Roman occupation. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

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