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Word: Holdover
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhəʊldˌəʊvə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person or thing surviving from an earlier time, especially someone surviving in office
Short Definition:person or thing surviving from earlier time
Examples:- he is a holdover from the previous administraion
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