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holdover

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hold⋅o⋅ver

  [hohld-oh-ver]
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–noun
1. a person or thing remaining from a former period.
2. Printing. overset that can be kept for future use.
Origin:
1885–1890, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase hold over
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hold·o·ver   (hōld'ō'vər)   
n.  One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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