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lifer

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪfə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted efilrStarts with LEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment

Word origin

From life + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • They know what a clever lad he is; he'll be a lifer. They'll make the Artful nothing less than a lifer.
  • "[…]The Top's not a lifer; he's a career Marine. Lifers are a breed. A lifer is anybody who abuses authority he doesn't deserve to have. There are plenty of civilian lifers."
  • He was a baseball lifer, a seamhead through and through, who just absolutely liked nothing better than sitting down and talking baseball.

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