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lifer
[ lahy-fer ]
noun
- a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- a person committed to a professional lifetime career in the military.
- a person who has devoted a lifetime to a profession, occupation, or pursuit.
- (in birding)
- Also called life bird. a species of bird not seen previously and that will therefore be added to the bird watcher's life list.
- the sighting of a bird of a previously unseen species:
It seems like forever since I've had a lifer!
lifer
/ ˈlaɪfə /
noun
- informal.a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment
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Plus, Scarborough still has credibility on the right of the GOP as a pro-lifer and good friend of Erick Erickson.
The report reveals some disturbing trends in the current lifer prison population, Nellis says.
But that means a significant portion of the lifer population is behind bars for a non-homicide, Nellis points out.
It was so important that journalists found it fitting to ask every pro-lifer in their path to discuss it.
As the PA prison system awaits its newest lifer, here are eight fun facts.
There is a lifer here in Folsom, Matthew Davies, of old pioneer stock, who is trusty of the scaffold and execution chamber.
When this old lifer was a child there was much talk in his family of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
These cases are virtually hopeless, and are little less pitiable than that of the “lifer” in a prison.
Up the beach we chased, and dragged out the boat we called our ‘Lifer.’
The djinn was in for a lifer, and was immortal; so thought Challis to himself.
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