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holdover

noun as in remnant

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Mad Men, in other words, is a holdover of sorts: the last of the original Golden Age dramas.

Unfortunately, there are only five of them, and one (Bjorn) is a holdover from the first game.

I remember thinking that it looked like a holdover from the disco days.

Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai.

This holdover off Sloane Square must be doing something right.

When our men enter military service, there is a strong holdover of their prodigal civilian habits.

A liquid substance which when applied to a "holdover" revivifies it and enables its owner to sit up and notice the bar-tender.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to holdover, such as: relic, remainder, and surplus.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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