Deadliner

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who works up until the deadline.

    "I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex."

Example

More examples

"I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex."

Etymology

From deadline + -er.

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