Pole-sitter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of polesitter. alt-of, alternative

    "Alonso, who started second, beat pole-sitter Maldonado into the first corner and led through the first pit-stop period, after which he had a 3.4-second lead on lap 12."

  2. 2
    Someone who sits on a pole for an extended period of time, following the fad begun in 1924 by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly; a flagpole sitter.

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polester

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"Alonso, who started second, beat pole-sitter Maldonado into the first corner and led through the first pit-stop period, after which he had a 3.4-second lead on lap 12."

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