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holdover

[hohld-oh-ver]

noun

  1. a person or thing remaining from a former period.

  2. Printing.overset that can be kept for future use.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of holdover1

1885–1890, noun use of verb phrase hold over
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“The Life of Chuck” feels like a holdover from this era of feel-good fare, reworked and retrofitted to align with our contemporary anxieties.

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"I think there's a holdover from the boomer generation here in America that lived through the Cold War," Buck says, "and I don't quite grasp why - but they say Russia's bad."

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Still, there are holdovers from the previous era of TV dominance in the comedy world who didn’t make it on the Apollo Theater’s stage or appear at all.

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Within the first three episodes, which premiere in a single drop, the holdovers from Charlie’s old life resolve, and her story becomes as open as the country is wide.

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Food and drink prices are happily stuck in the 1970s — $1.50 for a pimento cheese sandwich — a charming holdover from yesteryear.

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